![]() ![]() The Storyist User's Guide is written in English, so I'll choose that. Next, in the Publishing Details section, select the language. Then click "Add contributors" and add the author. I'll continue using the guide as an example, and enter those details here. ![]() In the Book Basics section, enter your title and a brief description of the book. ![]() First, you enter information about your book, and then set the rights and pricing. Publishing with DTP is a two step process. Click "Add a new title" to create a new entry for your book. When you sign in to the Digital Text Platform (or DTP as it is known on the site), you'll find yourself at the DTP bookshelf. If you don't have an account, create one now. If you have an account, you already have access to Amazon's Digital Text Platform, which is the web service you'll use to publish the book. Publishing your Kindle edition on is also straight forward. Enter a name for your Kindle file and click Export.Īnd that is all that you need to do to create a Kindle edition. These are for more advanced uses, and I'll cover them in a little while. You can leave the other options unchecked. If you want to prevent people from copying text from your book, click the checkbox titled "Don't allow readers to copy content from this If you want to learn more about these tags, please consult the User's Guide. Type, format, source, language, and rights. There are tags for subject, publisher, author, contributor, ISBN, Metadata, click the Add button and choose a metadata tag name from the popup. Then add any metadata (or card catalog information) you want to include. Arrange them in the order they should appear in the eBook, then click NextĮnter the title, author, and a short description. You'll see a list containing the items you selected in the first step. The next time you export a Kindle edition. I like to keep a folder called "tools" in my home directory for this purpose.Ĭopied the kindlegen tool to the folder, return to Storyist and click Choose and select the tool. Kindlegen tool to a folder on your hard drive. We're just interested in the kindlegen tool, so after you've read the end-user agreement, copy the In the expanded folder, you'll find the kindlegen tool, the end-userĪgreement, release notes, and sample projects. When you've downloaded the zip file, double-click it to expand it. Takes you to Amazon's Kindle publishing page, where you'll find KindleGen for Mac OS 10.5 and above. To install Kindlegen, click the Download button. You just need to tell Storyist where it is. Don't worry, you don't need to run the command line tool yourself. Kindlegen is a free command line toolĭeveloped by Amazon for packaging eBooks for sale on. The first time you create a Kindle edition, Storyist presents a dialog asking you to locate Kindlegen. You won't need one if you just want to read your work on your Kindle, but if you willĪfter you've selected the items you want to include, click Next. If you've got a cover image in the project, select it too. When the export dialog appears, set the export type to "ebook" and theįormat to "Kindle Document." Then select the project files you want to include in the book. The first step in creating the Kindle edition is to choose File > Export. You'll find it on the support page at, along with Kindle, ePub, and PDF editions of the guide-all of which were created ![]() Creating Kindle Editionsįor this screencast, I'm using the "Storyist User's Guide." You can download this project from the Storyist website if you want to follow along. Then I'll show you some of the advanced features that Storyist provides to give you fine grain formatting control if you want to edit the bookĬontent after you export it. I'll also cover some of things you might want to consider when preparing your work for publication including how to proofread your Kindle edition Non-fiction work, and how to make it available for purchase on. In this screencast, I'll show you how to create a Kindle edition of your novel, screenplay, or Hi, I'm Steve Shepard, the developer of Storyist. Publication including how to preview your Kindle edition before publishing it. It also covers some of things you might want to consider when preparing your work for Work, and how to make it available for purchase on. Covers how to create a Kindle edition of your novel, screenplay, or non-fiction ![]()
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