Scrivener | Compiling Your Ebook For Export In Scrivener

Self-Publishing? Create Your own Professional Looking EPUB and MOBI Files Right Inside Your Scrivener Software.

What you'll learn
Understand the fundamental differences between formatting for an eBook and formatting for hard copy.
What file size, aspect ratio and file type you will need for your book cover images.
Step by step instructions for formatting and compiling an ebook in Scrivener on both the Windows platform and Mac.
How to download applications to preview your ebook and preview your .epub and .mobi files on them
How to add a prologue and epilogue to your compilation
How to bundle several books together for export as a single eBook
How to manually generate a clickable table of contents for your book
Requirements
You need to have Scrivener writing software loaded on to your computer and know the very basics of Scrivener like where your chapters and scenes are set up, where you write your story, and that you will open a menu dedicated entirely to compiling your documents for export.
Description
(Covering both the Windows and the Mac versions of Scrivener)
In this course for self-published authors I am going to show you how to format your own eBook in Scrivener ready to upload it to each of the major online stores.
If you know the very basics of Scrivener you will be able to follow these simple, step-by-step instructions to help you produce a professional quality ebook that meets the requirements of major ebook retailers.
Even if you plan to hire out the formatting of your books, it is important for every author to at least know how to do it, incase you ever want to make a simple change or update to your book after publishing — like adding links to your new books or website.
You don't want to wait days for someone else to schedule you in and charge you for each minor update.
First we're going to go over the specifications for the book cover images that you have to provide for display on the catalogue page on your retailer's website as well as for your internal ebook cover.
Then I'm going to take you step by step through the process of formatting specifically for ebooks — which is somewhat different from formatting for output as a physical document. 
You'll learn how to generate a clickable table of contents and how to insert external links to your important places online like your other books and your website. 
I'll also cover best practices for inserting images so that your file size does not exceed the limit imposed by some of the retailers.
Once your Scrivener document is nicely formatted I'll show you how to convert it to an ebook using Scrivener’s Compile menu.
Then I'll show you how to download Amazon Kindle Previewer and preview your .mobi file and Adobe Digital Editions to preview your .epub file before you upload them to any of the online stores.
If you're ready to format and convert your own manuscript into an eBook right inside your Scrivener software, go ahead and sign up and I will walk you through the entire process step by step so that you end up with a great eBook — but if you want to check out my teaching style before you decide, feel free to watch a couple of the free previews in the curriculum outline below.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Formatting and Compiling eBooks in Scrivener

Lecture 1 Udemy Interface Explained

Lecture 2 Welcome

Section 2: Starting off With Correctly Sized Book Cover Images

Lecture 3 Cover Image Size, Dimensions, Quality and File Type

Lecture 4 Current Specifications for Catalogue and Embedded eBook Cover

Section 3: Preparing Your Scrivener Project Specifically for Conversion to an eBook

Lecture 5 Best Practices when Organizing your Binder for an eBook Conversion

Lecture 6 Stripping Unwanted Formatting Within Your Manuscript.

Lecture 7 What to Add to Your Front and Back Matter

Lecture 8 Images: Inline, As Title Decoration and as Scene Spacers

Lecture 9 Formatting Front and Back Matter and Adding External Links

Section 4: Compiling Your eBook For Export Using Scrivener’s Compile Menu

Lecture 10 Connecting the KindleGen Driver to Compile for Amazon

Lecture 11 Compiling an eBook in Windows

Lecture 12 Compiling an eBook on a Mac

Section 5: Previewing Your eBook Before Publishing to the Online Bookstores.

Lecture 13 Download Software and Preview Your eBook on Windows

Lecture 14 Download Software and Preview Your eBook on a Mac

Section 6: Interesting Extras

Lecture 15 Prologues and Epilogues in Windows

Lecture 16 Prologues and Epilogues on a Mac

Lecture 17 Settings for Bundling Several Books Together.

Lecture 18 Manual Tables of Contents

Anyone with a basic knowledge of Scrivener wishing to design and format their own eBooks including writers of both fiction and non-fiction. It would also be handy for marketers putting out reports and other promotional material.