|
Acrobat eBook PDF Information
By Skip Pratt
If you want to allow PC, Macintosh, Linux
and Unix users to all read your ebook, then the Acrobat PDF
format is the best way to deliver your published ebook download
file.
If you only want PC and Windows based users
to read your ebook, either PDF or an HTML compiler could be
your tool. Go here to read our article on ebook compilers.
Acrobat (and therefore the PDF file format)
is installed on over 100 million computers worldwide. So it
has a big potential market awaiting you.
With the PDF format, your eBooks will have
complete support on virtually any computer. In addition, mobile
devices like Palm, HP Jornada, Compaq iPAQ and Casio CASSIOPEIA
Pocket PC personal digital assistants (PDAs) and any handheld
PDA that runs the Pocket PC operating system now support PDF
file formats, further expanding your market potential.
PDF is also the corporate standard for virtually
every American public company, opening doors to millions of
potential readers of your ebook.
Acrobat is a software package “reader”
that is made by Adobe Software.
PDF is the file format used
by Acrobat to read a PDF file.
PDF creation software is very simple to use. Once you make once you make your PDF software maker selection, you install it on your computer. Almost all PDF creation tools for making your ebooks will operate as simply another printer on your printers list.
Once the PDF creation software is loaded, creating PDF's is as simple as hitting your "print" function. Once you print your file, the PDF creation tool opens a window that should give you several choices, including:
- A preview window of your PDF and option to launch Acrobat live
- Font management
- PDF document title, subject, author and keyword input options
- Security options including 40 bit or 128 bit encryption, password, copy/paste protection, print and change control options
- Automatic link creation methods
- Table of Contents and bookmark creation options
- File location and settings options
- Email sending options
Once you finish selecting your options and configuring your eBook PDF, you simply hit a button and your PDF is created. Save it to your local disk, and you now have your digital eBook.
Adobe makes a tool called Acrobat 5.0 that
allows you to create PDF output files. Acrobat 5.0 costs $220
for a single copy. There are dozens of other vendors who make
and sell PDF creation software that are free and others that
run up to the price of Adobe Acrobat 5.0.
Once you have produced your PDF ebook, your next step will be to get it online in the form of an ebook website. Go here to learn about the Knowledge Download software and hosting solution for self publishing your ebook.
=========
Skip Pratt is an author, consultant and owner of Knowledge Download
On the web at www.knowledge-download.com
“Where every ebook is bound for profit”
Contact him at:
|