{"id":1050,"date":"2012-05-19T12:43:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T19:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2013-01-30T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T18:32:00","slug":"making-ebooks-quick-and-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k12opened.com\/blog\/archives\/1050","title":{"rendered":"Making ebooks – quick and easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

** UDPATE**<\/strong> New handout on creating ebooks with Calibre<\/a><\/p>\n

In my 4T Virtual conference<\/a> session today, there was a lot of interest in how to make ebooks with open content, so I’m writing this short post with more details. (We’ll also be doing this at ISTE 2012<\/a> this year, so stay tuned for more resources and handouts on this.)<\/p>\n

Here are steps for one, very easy way to do this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create your ebook content in Word (or LibreOffice…or even in Google Docs, exporting to a Word doc afterward), including images, etc.
    \nMake sure your images are your own or open licensed for sharing, and cite your sources!<\/li>\n
  2. Export the document to HTML (filtered) by doing Save As… with a Save As Type of “Web Page, Filtered.”<\/li>\n
  3. Download and install Calibre<\/a>, a free, open source ebook tool.<\/li>\n
  4. Open Calibre, click Add Books, and add your HTML document.\"calibre\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Your book will then appear in the list in the main part of the screen. Highlight it and click Edit metadata to add a title, author, cover, etc.<\/li>\n
  6. You can continue going through the wizard, or close it and select Convert books to select your format.
    \nEPUB and MOBI (Kindle) are two of the most popular formats.<\/li>\n
  7. Your final ebooks will be in a folder called Calibre Library in your documents folder. You can also click Path: Click to open to navigate directly to that folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the interest of getting this post up quickly, this is brief. If you have questions or need clarifications, post here or drop me an email. Hope this is useful.<\/p>\n

    And thanks again Liz Kolb and her team for putting together this great online learning opportunity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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