A roundpeg webinar detailing the process of setting up an Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Account. View the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/811172137
6. Why Kindle?
• Easy
• Fast
• Best commission structure
• Most cross-platform
7. Amazon Direct Publishing Account
• Sign in to or create a new Amazon account
– http://www.amazon.com
• Create Direct Publishing Account
– Kpd.amazon.com
– https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help
• Accept the Kindle Direct Publishing Terms of
service (click Agree)
13. Self-Publishing on iOS Devices
– Apple iTunes Connect
– http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/appl
e-invites-indie-authors-to-self-publish-on-ipad-
bookstore/
– https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iT
unesConnect.woa/wo/0.0.0.9.7.3.1.1
14. VERY IMPORTANT
• AppleID’s are difficult to manage
– iTunes
– iBookstore
– App Development
• Consider creating unique accounts for each
business function (consumer, author, dev)
19. Testing ePub by Transferring to
Android
• Connect phone via USB
• Drag ePub to
20. Processing ePub to .mobi
with Calibre
• Add books
• Convert books
• Save to disk
21. Testing by Transferring to Kindle
• Via USB
• Kindle allows transfer of both PDF and .mobi
• Drag files (all files with book title) into the
Kindle > Documents directory
22. Testing by Transferring to iPad
• Drag ePub onto iPad in iTunes
– File will be stored in Books section of iTunes
– Book is found under iBooks app
24. Our example files
• Content in a FrameMaker Book
– Easy formatting and organization of content via
template-based workflow
• FM Book linked into RoboHelp project
– Allows definition of all formats, paths, outputs
25. Mappings are already completed
• For linking details, see
– roundpeg.com
– mattrsullivan.com
– forums.adobe.com
– tmaldous.com
26. Why FrameMaker?
• allows the greatest
range of print and
PDF output
• easy ePub
output, and
integration with
RoboHelp for other
online formats
27. FrameMaker Best Practices
(not exclusive to linked projects!!)
• Consistent and rigid style usage
• Enforce template usage across docu team
• Ensure book and chapter files open without
“missing resource” messages
• Ensure book file updates without Book Error
Log messages
• Save early, save often!
28. When to author in RoboHelp?
• Primary output is
Help, not print
• Customization of
HTML is required
29. RoboHelp Single Source Layouts are in
place for:
– XML Output (required by FM to generate ePub
output)
– AIR
– WebHelp (for quick testing)
30. You actually mentioned MS Word…
• FrameMaker and
RoboHelp allow
importing or linking of
MS Word content
• Importing=content to
manage within
RoboHelp
• Linking=content to be
managed by SME’s
31. Generate final ePub with RoboHelp
• Select File > Generate > ePub Output…
– If not present, select Tools > Scripts > ePub
– To reset toolbar, right-click on menu bar, choose
Customize, then choose Reset
• Cover will be the first page in FrameMaker
file
• Cover image may not show in
Adobe Digital Editions
32. ePub Details (RH)
• RoboHelp used the
XML Output to
process ePub
• Select the
appropriate TOC
from within the XML
Output SSL
33. Linking best practices
• Link
• Identify the FrameMaker TOC
• Map
• Update
• Modify the Single Source Layout
34. When working with linked content
• Format options differ between print and
online formats
• Content maps according to project settings
• “Odd” representations of Frame content will
create challenging formatting issues in other
deliverables
• HTML in RH containing FM_ is likely
unmapped and will not be controllable in RH
35. CSS for online formats
• RHStylemapping.css is the default, but easily
changed in File >Project Settings
• An additional .css will be created by
FrameMaker to address mapping omissions
– Do not try to edit the generated .css
• Do not change the .css mappings for linked
content inside of the RoboHelp project
36. Print meCard and Twitter Codes
• Come see us at the Adobe booth (booth N)
to print out your own meCard badge and
twitter “follow” badge
• Save time by creating your code at
qrstuff.com and
– emailing to matt@mattrsullivan.com,
subj: Print QR Badge for “subject”
– saving to phone or usb
Notes de l'éditeur
Good morning, at least to those on the west coast,My name isI’m the dir of trainingWe do training and development for mobile web and tech comm productsTCS, DPS, eLearning tools, HTML 5Today: Show how to set up Kindle account (switch slide)
mattrsullivan is my social media id
Do demo of qr code creation for 7145852335
Sounds warm and fuzzy like all other Apple related docsMore like the killer bunny rabbit in Monty Python’s Holy GrailKindle wants to work with individualsApple wants to work with Publishers
You may create long term headaches if you use consumer AppleId’s for dev related programs. Not all accounts can be accessed with all IDs
Going to an aggregator may cost a few more points, but will shield you from the process of maintaining this relationship with AppleMost work with a wide and forgiving number of formats, including MS Word