[sdiy] Kindle Create and my EMC book

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

I have no experience with Amazon Kindle.

That said, personally, I would consider a book release to be a professional task where I would use Adobe Acrobat or some other high-quality OCR to create a master PDF and/or other master files. From those master files, I would manage conversions or uploads for specific distribution channels like Kindle. Once you have the master files in the shape that you’re happy with, conversion via other tools should be a lot easier.

It’s kinda like an album release. I wouldn’t master my music in iTunes, but I would use iTunes to put the finishing touches on files that were destined to be delivered via iTunes. Meanwhile, the master audio would all be processed via professional tools where I can control the quality.

Brian


On Nov 22, 2019, at 10:37 AM, Barry Klein <barryklein at cox.net> wrote:
> Anyone here have a lot of experience with Amazon’s Kindle Create? Several months ago it incorporated their Textbook Creator software.  I have occasionally been getting inquiries regarding my book and when I last tried the Create software a couple years ago it was necessary to OCR my material and it didn’t go well. It also destroyed the schematics.  The book page count was hosed and it just became overwhelming.  I am wondering if anything has changed to make this easier?  I remember there was interest in doing this for the EN’s as well but there was no easier answer at that time.