Ebook Conversion Services
Which formats will you convert my manuscript to?
HTML: All HTML ebook files will be valid XHTML and CSS. They should display in any browser.
ePub: EPub is quickly becoming the standard format for ebook delivery. The following are a few of the programs that natively display ePub files: Adobe Digital Editions, Calibre, Stanza.
PDF: Adobe's portable document format is now readable by many different programs, including Adobe Reader.
RTF: Rich text files are text documents, readable by programs such as OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Word.
Other formats are available upon request, but these are the ones that are most portable and usable on multiple platforms. I will not convert ebooks to locked DRM formats.
How much does this cost?
It generally takes me about an hour to clean up and organize a manuscript into an ebook format. (So around four hours for all four formats, but generally less time than that, especially if I'm working on all four at once.) However, the actual amount of time it will take depends entirely upon the quality of the original digital files you send to me. If you send an OpenOffice or Word document, it shouldn't take too long. If you send me a Word-generated HTML file, however, that will take quite a bit of time to clean up.
Conversion for each format is $60 an hour. For $75 an hour, turn around time is twenty-four hours. An estimate of the total cost will be emailed to you before any work begins. There is a minimum charge of $15, and hourly services are charged in fifteen-minute increments.
I already have ebook files of my story, will you clean them up for me?
Certainly. Charges are the same as conversion: $60 an hour or $75 an hour for a twenty-four-hour turn around. An estimate of the total cost will be emailed to you before any work begins. There is a minimum charge of $15, and hourly services are charged in fifteen-minute increments.
How does this process work?
Using the contact form, send me an email, indicating that you're interested in having your manuscript converted to the various ebook formats. Let me know what format or formats you'd like to convert your manuscript to, how many words and chapters the completed manuscript is, and the desired completion date. Then I'll email you a contract detailing the specifics: what kinds of conversion have been agreed upon, the projected completion date, and my fee.
After I've received the signed contract, I'll begin converting the files. I'll need the manuscript, graphics (including covers), and metadata to perform the conversion. Metadata is information attached to the ebook to provide additional information to the reader, e.g. author, publisher, ISBN, series, categories, tags, etc. If needed, as part of the contract I can walk you through the process of deciding what metadata should be included.