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How to e publish
1. How to E-Publish Your Book
Presented by: Hans V. von Maltzahn
Author of
THE BLACK SUN ASCENDANT:
An Assassin's Tale
2. 1. Remember to have a
publishable manuscript ready!
Does the book
have all you want
in it?
Fully edited i.e. All
spelling and
grammer done?
Is it as clean as it
can possibly be?
3. 2. Turn your manuscript into:
An Adobe Reader
document (i.e.
PDF file:
nameofbook.pdf)
A Microsoft
WORD & “THE BLACK SUN ASCENDANT:
RichText doc (i.e. An Assassin’s Tale”
nameofbook.doc
A Novel by Hans V. von Maltzahn
or nameofbk.rtf )
4. Note: to create an Acrobat
(PDF) document...
Open your Adobe Acrobat Reader (mine is
Adobe Reader 9)
• From the “File” pulldown menu choose:
“Create Adobe PDF Using Acrobat.com
• Or visit:
http://www.adobe.com/go/reader9_create_pdf
• Your WORD program may even have a
conversion package in it (mine is
OpenOffice with one button conversion).
5. Note!
If you intend to publish your book through
one of the self-publishing firms such as:
I-Universe or Trafford Publishing
Then they will take care of your e-book
publishing needs for a fee.
You need not stay for my presentation!
6. 3. Get a free ISBN number!
• Visit the Canadian ISBN Service System
(CISS) at:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ciss-ssci/index-e.html
• Read the introduction and instructions on how
to join CISS , then fill out the online
application at the above address.
• No internet access? Call CISS at:
1-866-578-7777 (select 1+7+3). ISBN
numbers are issued within 10 days.
7. 4. Copyright your work!
• Visit the government's website for
information about how to copyright your
book: www.cipo.ic.gc.ca
• Read “A Guide to Copyright” then follow
the steps to fill out the form on-line (or
print out the form, fill it in manually).
• Problems? Call: 1-866-997-1936 or
email cipo.contact@ic.gc.ca
8. 5. Do I Need CIP Data?
This is what “Catalogue In Publication” (CIP) data
looks like:
NAME (S): von Maltzahn, Hans V. (Hans Victor), 1965-
TITLE (S): The black sun ascendant: an assassin's tale: a novel /
By Hans V. Von Maltzahn
PUBLISHER: Mississauga, Ont.: Hans V. Von Maltzahn, 2011
SERIES: The black sun series; bk. 1
NUMBERS: Canadiana: 20119006456
ISBN: 9780986793301 : $19.95
CLASSIFICATION: PS8643 054 B53 2011 C813/.6 22
9. Why CIP Data?
Libraries use “Catalogue In Publication”
(CIP) data to order and catalogue the
books in their library.
Libraries will usually only order books,
real or e-books, if they've got CIP codes
that the library can use.
Your book can also be listed on the
government's North American book
catalogue the “New Book Service”
10. For CIP Info and Form:
Website:
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cip/index-e.html
Email: cip@lac-bac.gc.ca
Toll free number in Canada: 1-866-578-7777
Fax: 819-997-7517
11. 6. Make Your Cover In JPG
Format!
Have your cover
ready in JPG (an
image) format so
that you can up
load it to the e-
book distributor of
your choice.
12. 7. Two E-book Publishers That
I've Used.
Amazon.com's Kindle Publishing: Visit
http://amazon.com and read Kindle Publishing
information.
Sign-up as a Kindle Publishing member, then
fill out their form, up load your PDF book file
and JPG cover and you're done!
https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin
After a few weeks Amazon will have set up
your account and your book is on sale
worldwide!
13. Here's the second e-
publisher...
Join Smashwords at:
http://www.smaswords.com/signup
Download their “Style Guide” at:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
Follow their guide's instructions very carefully
to re-format your manuscript into a plain text
document.
It might take a few months to upload an
acceptable copy to them - but Smashwords
distribution network is worldwide & extensive!
14. 8. There Are Others You Can
Try!
Try an internet search on e-book publishers, e-
book self-publishing and e-book distributors.
There are hundreds of choices, of which the
two above are only a sample.
All will essentially ask you for either a WORD
or PDF copy of your manuscript, and then they
convert your book.
I won't go into the different formats of e-books
(See Smashwords' Style Guide for an very good
explanation).