Problem: font is either to big or too small.
Solution: make the font size around 21.
Pages on the Mac is, in my experience, THE way to create ePub files from text documents. If Pages can open the file, it can make an ePub out of it in one step. It can even export documents in PDF format. For the price ($23?) it’s invaluable for the author with a Mac.
One problem with ePub files created with Pages, however, is that it produces with text that is either too small or gigantic. A simple solution to this problem is to make the font size of the document around 21 before exporting it to ePub.
I suppose, in hindsight, I’m an idiot. I assumed that the font size of the initial document would be independent from the finished ePub. If that was the case, it would mean the file ignore’s larger fonts for chapters and stuff. As I said, idiot.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Cue Intro
Welcome to my blog. I am John. Here, I will be covering a topic on which information is seemingly quite rare - self publishing and marketing a science fiction novel in the age of digital publishing.
A few of the things I will be talking about are places to let people know about your work, how to set up an effective website, whether or not to use DRM, whether or not self publishing is worth it and any other experience that may assist others in marketing their own novel.
I am currently in the process of marketing a book for author Mark Clark and our first marketing campaign is about to go ahead. Our business plan is derived from the fan-friendly “Cwf+Rtb” (Connect with Fans+Reason to Buy) methodology as opposed to the publishing industry’s “Sf+Rtp” (Sue Fans+Reason to Pirate) technique.
Amittedly, as a web designer, I have no prior marketing experience. This is more of a log of the things we’ve tried and, eventually, how much those things have contributed to sales. While we have strong products, a rock solid website and a viable marketing strategy, our chance of success range from anything between 0-100% so at the moment, anything I write should be taken with a pinch of salt (marketing-wise that is) until after the first book is released early next month.
I hope subsequent blog posts are of help or interest to someone.
A few of the things I will be talking about are places to let people know about your work, how to set up an effective website, whether or not to use DRM, whether or not self publishing is worth it and any other experience that may assist others in marketing their own novel.
I am currently in the process of marketing a book for author Mark Clark and our first marketing campaign is about to go ahead. Our business plan is derived from the fan-friendly “Cwf+Rtb” (Connect with Fans+Reason to Buy) methodology as opposed to the publishing industry’s “Sf+Rtp” (Sue Fans+Reason to Pirate) technique.
Amittedly, as a web designer, I have no prior marketing experience. This is more of a log of the things we’ve tried and, eventually, how much those things have contributed to sales. While we have strong products, a rock solid website and a viable marketing strategy, our chance of success range from anything between 0-100% so at the moment, anything I write should be taken with a pinch of salt (marketing-wise that is) until after the first book is released early next month.
I hope subsequent blog posts are of help or interest to someone.
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