By Shirley Brown | Submitted On October 29, 2014
If you are wanting to create an eBook but are not sure how to, this article gives you the basics of how to get started.
First you need to have a word processing programme on your computer in order that you can begin to type in information.
Most computers have some form of word processing facility already installed and can range from very basic to the most up-to-date and user-friendly.
To start any programme on your computer, you use the mouse pointer to hover over the programme and then, while holding the mouse very still, double-click the left mouse button very quickly. This opens up the programme ready for use.
When it starts up, the page is shown on your computer screen and is completely blank. There is not even a space on the page.
When you start to type, the words appear on the page and you can simply keep going until you type out all the thoughts in your head or parts of your eBook.
Of course it is advised to write down at least an overview or outline of your book and the intended contents however, due to the possibilities of work processing programmes, you can change, remove, add and continue to change anything you type onto the page until you are happy with it.
By following the layout of any book you have, a physical book that is, for example the title page, an acknowledgements page, the contents, then the first chapter and so on until the last chapter, then the index, you can create on your computer your own eBook.
It is important to follow all English language rules including spelling, punctuation and grammar. Again, a lot of common word processing programmes offer spell checkers and show by displaying a green or red wavy line until mistakes, as well as suggestions for corrections.
In normal word processing practices as with the English language, all sentences begin with capital letters and have a full stop. There is one space after a comma, two spaces after a full stop, two line spaces at the end of a paragraph and a new page is started at the end of and beginning of each chapter. When quoting someone's speech, the actual spoken words are typed on a line by themselves and have speech marks before the first word and another set of speech marks after the last word spoken.
If you are not sure of the specific spelling of a word, by holding the mouse pointer over the word, you can click on the right mouse button and a thesaurus and dictionary menu is displayed on the screen offering options and suggestions.
Each page of your book has a header space at the very top and a footer space at the very bottom. Within these spaces you can insert page numbers and book chapter titles if you wish.
Once you have created your eBook, checked it for spellings, put numbers on the pages, had someone proof read it again and again, and then you are happy with the layout, you can then save it as a PDF file. To do this you simply click "Save As" from the main menu and then, when the menu comes up with the name of the file, under "save as type" select PDF and this is the format it needs to be to upload onto your website, Amazon or any other sales page.
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