How to create eBooks quickly and easily?

If you are one of those people who don’t like the amazing smell of a book (whether old or new) and are afraid of the weight you have to carry every time, digital eBook Reader could be just the thing you need.

There are a lot of players in the market right now to suite your needs like Amazon Kindle, Nook, iRiver, Sony Reader, Sony Reader Daily, etc. So, it is only natural to get confused on which one to get and which one to forget.

I am not going to go any deeper into this. I am about to tell you how you can create your own eBooks to read on your digital reader, whichever it may be. Please keep in mind that this article is about a general format of eBooks which is supported by most eBook Readers.

So… if you have selected a truly unique reader that does not support the format (ePub) then you should contact your retailer, because he fooled you.

• There are several softwares that help you create eBooks from scratch within seconds. You just have to locate your file (word or txt) and the output file will be reader ready.

• However, in case you do not have software or are afraid to download and install one, then you can always enjoy the free utility by Adobe to create wonderful eBooks for your digital reader.

• Visit Acrobat.com and create a free account if do not have one already.

• After activating your account via link from your email account, your Acrobat account would be ready to sign-in.

• You have to create new buzzword document by clicking on ‘+New’ button in leftmost area. This will open an online text editor and now, you will create a Reader ready document.

• Copy and paste the material if you have typed it in a word or notepad application. If you are creating this document via smartphone or pad or tablet. You can just go ahead and type out your content.

• You can perform normal formatting in your content. Like bold, italic, underline, scratching, fonts, font size, font color, highlighting, left-center-right text, etc.

• Other customizations are adding pictures, comments, table, intends, etc.

• So… after you finish creating your content, you have to Export(not save or save as) the file in ePub format. This format is recognized by most eReaders like PDF. However, some devices support ePub better than PDF.

• You have to select a destination while exporting the file, so have it on desktop for a sometime, so that you don’t have to open several folders to reach for it. You can organize your files anytime.

• Transfer the file to your eReader and locate the file via device and open it. If you have not made any errors, then your device will read the document as you expected.

You can do the same with PDF files as well. However, you don’t need Adobe Acrobat to create PDFs. You should install Word to PDF & XPS Add-in for Microsoft Office and while saving your content, head over to save as and select PDF format from the menu. Name it and select a destination and you will to ready to enjoy hot off the press PDF files.

Thanks for going through this article and I hope that pictures were enough to walk you through the process.