Monday, March 30, 2009

What Is An Ebook Compiler?

You have written and revised your ebook, hired an artist who has produced outstanding graphics, and now your are ready to actually put together your ebook. What you need to make an ebook is software called an ebook compiler.

There are many different compilers to chose from, but first, you need to know exactly what a ebook compiler does. Her is a simple explanation:

An ebook compiler is a software program that converts either text pages or HTML text into a single executable file or an ebook.

If you or someone that you hired has created a file with graphics in HTML, you will need an HTML ebook compiler. This type of compiler requires a working knowledge of the HTML tag language. You can also use software to do this for you. Such as Microsoft FrontPage or Macromedia Dreamweaver.

There are a large number of ebook compilers available on the market, all with glowing sales copy and tekkie language. It can get very confusing and overwhelming very fast without some simple guide lines to help you which compiler is right for you.

In the next part we will go into how to chose an ebook compiler?

Copyright Dan and Deanna Finlinson "Marketing Unscrambled"

2 comments:

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Thanks Dan & Deanna .. you're opening my eyes and explaining how some of these new ideas work .. or how they can be applied.

I look forward to tomorrow's post regarding the various ebook compilers -

Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Marketing Unscrambled, Home edition said...

Hilary, thank you for your comments. Glad that we can be of help. That is why we write this blog. Have a good Day.
Dan and Deanna "Marketing unscrambled"