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The first step in creating my first eBook was to convert the original microsoft word file “An Introduction to Writing Craft” into a PDF file. I had had experience of doing this before, at least with simpler files. So that was quite straightforward.<\/p>\n
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The next step was more challenging for me as a novice publisher: Transferring the Pdf file into an ePub file.<\/p>\n
I was ultimately able to do this, only after several failed attempts.<\/p>\n
The cover turned out to be a default template, which I decided to go along with at this stage.<\/p>\n
I now declare that I am the author and publisher of an eBook entitled An Introduction to Writing Craft, <\/em>that I have stored on my laptop computer in my Apple Books application. My next step is learning how to share it with subscribers to my blog.\u00a0 Or shall I share the PDF file instead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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