I've picked up a few projects this semester publishing ebooks. In my writing class during spring semester we explored the role of technology and social media in research and the study of literature. As the final product of this exploration we collaborated on an ebook, each contributing a chapter to the final product. We all took extra responsibilities, getting ready to launch our book out into the real world. My responsibility was the design team. We were in charge of formatting the ebook and developing an epub and mobi versions which could be read on almost all the popular ereaders. It was a great experience and I found an interest in epublishing. Also, one cool result was that, since we put the book up on Goodreads, I now have an author's profile there instead of a normal one.
Just before the semester started, Dr. Burton contacted a few of us about potential jobs converting books into ebooks. I needed some more money and thought it would be a great learning experience so I responded. One of the ebook projects I'm working on is for the Neil A. Maxwell institute, converting some of the books they own the rights for to ebooks to allow them to distribute more easily online.
It's been an interesting experience. converting something into ebook requires a lot of attention to detail for the formatting and a little knowledge of programs like InDesign and code like html. I have learned a lot from this experience and truly I'm having fun, but it takes a lot of time.
It's kind of fun to be able to tell people I'm publishing ebooks. This is something I hope to continue learning about and finding out more effective ways to make the final product.
If anyone wants to see the book we made, you can check it out here
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