There has never been a better time to be a writer. Converting your book into an ebook format will put it in front of millions of readers. But the time, effort and learning involved stops some authors giving their work this chance to be read. The digital world makes our lives better but it’s not always easy to master.
In the Amazon universe alone there are four generations of Kindles, each with different abilities, and now a Kindle tablet, too. Then there are the Amazon apps for computers, smartphones and other tablets… And Apple’s iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, Sony and Kobo all use a different format (EPUB) from Amazon’s Kindle Format 8 (KF8 succeeded MOBI, the Mobipocket 7 format).
It can be confusing.
Steven Lewis of Taleist, author of How to Format Perfect Kindle Books, also offers ebook conversion and formatting services to authors who want perfect ebooks but don’t want to do it themselves. Steven is a respected self-publisher himself, and is in demand nationally as a speaker on self-publishing.
Ebook conversion and formatting services
The service couldn’t be easier to use:
- You email us your manuscript in Word, Pages, InDesign or PDF format
- We send it back to you converted and perfectly formatted for the Kindle (using Amazon’s new Kindle Format 8 (KF8)) and as an EPUB file for the other bookstores
- If you want, we’ll even publish it to Amazon’s KDP self-publishing platform for you before we hand over the keys so everything is ready for you
Carefully formatted books
Every book that comes to us is hand-finished so you can relax in the knowledge that it will work perfectly. You’re not paying someone just to run your book through an automated conversion service. You could do that yourself.
and works exactly as you want it to.
If you’ve ever looked at the reviews on sites like Amazon, you’ll see that publishing errors irritate readers and are frequently pointed out in online reviews. Those errors often arise because publishers have relied on conversion software to grind their book from one format to another.
Using our conversion services you don’t need to learn how to avoid those errors yourself.
About us
Steven Lewis has been a journalist and professional writer for nearly 20 years. He first published digitally in 1994 and has been helping others do the same ever since. His book How to Format Perfect Kindle Books is a complete guide to converting your manuscript into an ebook for the Kindle. He also teaches self-publishing courses to authors looking to become self-publishers.
From his work with indie authors he knows that not everyone wants to do their own conversion, which is why he offers ebook formatting and conversion services for authors who would rather focus on writing and promotion knowing the conversion of their book is in safe hands.
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Simple book
$2 per page* |
Basic non-fiction
$2.30 per page |
Advanced
$3 per page |
| Conversion and formatting for a book that does not need any complicated formatting. It might include images but is essentially a basic book, e.g. a novel or an example of travel or life-writing | Conversion and formatting on an ebook that starts to require more complicated formatting, e.g. lists, tables, footnotes or end notes. This would include the sort of business books designed to be read on airplanes and most of what you would find in the self-help section of the bookstore. | Conversion and formatting for an ebook that, behind the scenes, looks like all formatting owing to heavy use, for instance, of technical data. This covers the most complicated of how-to books, e.g. school books or technical guides |
| *per page of a Word, PDF or Pages document | ||
Andrew's cover for Catherine Ryan Howard's "Results Not Typical"
Special package
As self-publishing authors ourselves, nothing makes us happier than helping another author experience the e-publishing revolution.
To make it even easier we’ve created a special package with professional cover design Andrew Brown of Design for Writers. If you’ve written a novel under 80,000 words we will handle all your formatting and Andrew will take your brief and design an ebook cover for you for a single package price:
Only $450.
Your book will have a unique and professionally-designed cover underneath which is a perfectly formatted interior.
You’ll be able to promote your writing to readers with pride and confidence.
What to do now
The prices above will give you an idea of the cost but you can email us your manuscript for a free quote before we go any further.
You are also welcome to email us if you have a question.
