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How 2 Format Your E-book in Word & Convert to a PDF File – Part 1
By David O Connell
Writing an e-book is not as difficult as it may sound - in fact, anyone can do it! Most people write
e-books for marketing purposes, for example, to spread the news about their website or product
promotion. Of course, e-books are also a great idea for any author who cannot get published the
traditional way.
So how do you format an e-book yourself if you are not working with an online publisher that usually
handles all the formatting issues for you? Luckily, it's very easy to prepare a manuscript for e-book
distribution. Most people use Microsoft Word and then convert the file to PDF format.
The Majority of e-books are sold in Adobe Acrobat's PDF file format, however, the designing of your
e-book will first be done in Word (some people may have to use Pagemaker or Quark for more
complicated designs containing illustrations).
The good news is that you don't have to own a version of Adobe Acrobat to convert a Word file into a
PDF format. At the same time, owning the Adobe Acrobat program will allow you to add neat features
to your e-book, such as hotlinked URLs, forms, and pages imported from other programs. This gives
an e-book a higher quality appearance. Adobe costs about $200.
The Design
A good e-book has to be well designed and well organized - you don't want it to come off looking
cheap and unprofessional. Fortunately, it's very easy to use the features available in Word for proper
formatting.
Page size. e-book pages are usually between 5x7 and 6x