Paulo Velho e-book generator

Requirements

write your book!

JUST FUCKING WRITE IT!

create a prologue (optional)
create a cover image (mandatory)
- recommended size: 1563 x 2500 pixels
- recommended format: jpeg or tiff

Kindlegen

download kindlegen: https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000765211

UUID Generator

To generate your UUID: https://www.uuidgenerator.net/

mobi to epub

To convert your generated .mobi book to a .epub (better and more used format), you can:

do it online:

http://www.zamzar.com/convert/mobi-to-epub/

use calibre

https://calibre-ebook.com/ (I tottally recommend you to use Calibre...)

creating the book

save HTML in cap_.html
- one HTML per chapter
- you can add as much chapters as you want - 1 per html... =)
- images are added in images folder and referenced internally as <img src="images/____.png"... or whatever
change book title in files: content.opf, head.html, toc.html, toc.ncx (toc.ncx in 2 places)
create prologue (in prologo.html)
add agradecimentos.html
save cover image in root folder with name cover.jpg
generate your UUID
- change the UUID in content.opf and toc.ncx
run the command line to build the book

command line:

./kindlegen ebook/content.opf -verbose -o myEbook.mobi

-o: name of generated file
-verbose: print information
-locale pt: messages in portuguese, por favor

generate epub

using Calibre, preferably

to publish on Amazon:

https://kdp.amazon.com/

express your love <3

if you're creating a book or some other text following this tutorial, send me the epub/mobi! I'm in favor of donate-ware format, where things are free but accepts donation. I'll donate the value of your book directly to you! =)

paulovelho / ebook-generator