Frequently Asked QuestionsHow do I create an ebook with ePub Bud?Simply click "new book" above! Fill out the form, then click "Continue...".You will then be in an online text editor (similar to word) where you can write your book! If you chose your book type as picture book, make a new page in your book just by adding a "page break" (click the  icon). If your book is a chapter
book, use page breaks for new chapters!You can upload pictures into your book by clicking the  icon while editing. When you're done, save the
book and a .epub ebook file will automatically be created!
What ebook formats does ePub Bud support?Although you can upload just about any file format (including PDF, doc, and all manners of ebooks), the output of ePub Bud will always be .epub. That's because epub is the open file format for ebooks that the most readers support!ePub Bud makes a great converter of any sort of document to the open .epub format! To convert an .epub to another format, download the free software Calibre! How do people read my ebook?Simply make sure your book's sharing is set to public or unlisted then send them the sharing link URL!They will be able to read the book online by clicking on its cover, or download the .epub file to read in any number of readers! To get it into iBooks, they should just download the book from its URL in Safari on their iPad/iPhone/iPod! How do I create a table of contents for my ebook?If you set your book to be a chapter book, a table of contents will automatically be created with each chapter named the first line of text from the chapter.You can set those chapters titles to whatever you'd like by clicking "edit book" for your book, and then entering the chapter title you'd like at the top for each chapter! (We don't generate a table of contents for books you specify as "picture books".) What about multi-level tables of content or sub-chapters?We support multi-level tables of content .. just name your sub-chapters with a _ in front. So if you have a TOC layout like:Chapter 1 _ Part 1 _ Part 2 _ _ Sub Part of Part 2 Chapter 2 _ Part 1 ... Just name your chapter: _ _ Sub Part of Part 2 The epub file generated will strip the _ s out automatially and correctly nest the chapters for nice display in all ereaders! The book I downloaded from ePub Bud is formatted poorly!All the books up on ePub Bud have been contributed by other users, we don't do any sort of screening or filtering of the content. So, it's entirely possible some books aren't optimized for some ereaders.However, if a book you downloaded doesn't work too well on your device, all is not lost! What you can do is simply re-upload the epub file you downloaded to our site. Once it's processed, it will be on your account, which means you can edit it by clicking "edit book"! Once in there, you may be able to fix whatever formatting you don't like! Save the book, then re-download and you're on your way! How can I include audio or video in my ebook?It's easy! Simply click "edit book" for your book, go to the page/chapter you want to embed the media into, and then click "Choose File" and then "Save Changes Now!"The media will be uploaded and the filename will appear in your book at the end of that page/chapter as plain text. When you save the book, that text will be replaced with the actual media! You can move that text to anywhere you'd like in your whole book to move the media there! How can I embed a YouTube video in my ebook?Actually, we no longer suppor this, because YouTube kept changing how they were storing their mp4s. Just upload your mp4 directly to your eBook as it explains above!How can I include a certain font in my ebook?Unfortunately, epubs do not support font use. Most ereaders just have a set of default fonts the user can pick to view the book in.It's just a limitation of the format. How can I sell my ebook?Although we'd recommend you just make it free, check out our information on selling!Keep in mind, the iBookstore will require your epub pass this online validator to be approved for sale. If it doesn't pass, please just contact us and let us know which book failed! The iBookstore also requires an ISBN number. If you don't already have one (it technically shouldn't be the same as one you might have for a physical copy of your book), we can provide you one for $5 if you want. Do I need an ISBN for my ebook?The international ISBN agency does say you need to have a different ISBN for all different versions of your book, including electronic. But of course they're going to say that!Ebooks don't really need ISBNs at all, unless you're planning on submitting them to the Apple iBookstore. (We can provide you one for $5 if you want.) If I use ePub Bud, can I still use another publisher as well?Absolutely! We are just a free service to help people make and share children's ebooks. Just like uploading your movie to YouTube doesn't prevent you from also distributing it however you'd like, uploading your book to ePub Bud doesn't prevent you from also distributing it however you'd like!Is there an advanced search feature?Sort of! Just put in your search things like a:Jones to mean "and author matches Jones" or i:Smith to mean "and illustrator matches Smith" or l:es to mean "and language like spanish" or g:teen to mean "and genre is teen" (valid genres are: beginner, kid, tween, teen, fiction, nonfiction, textbook).My picture book is best oriented as landscape... what should I do?You should cut each of your full-page spread images directly in half, so that you have the right page as one image and the left page as one image, and then insert each of those images into the book as a page, one after the other! It'll look great on an iPad/iPhone or in our online browser!I would like to delete my account!You know, there's nothing different between closing your account and just setting your account to not receive the newsletter or emails on comments. But, if you really want to completely wipe it, you can do so from our account management area (scroll down)!I have more questions!Then please feel free to contact us! |  |
