How To Create an Ebook with OpenOffice.org | Linux Today

How To Create an Ebook with OpenOffice.org

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 4, 2011

[ Thanks to Lee Schlesinger for this link. ]

Publishing ebooks today can be a DIY business. If you write for
a specific audience, you can create a successful book without the
help of big companies, and get your work into the hands of readers
who can download ebooks from popular sites such as Amazon
CreateSpace, Lulu, or Lightning Source.

Let’s assume you’ve already written the book you want to
publish. Your work might be in plain text format or written using a
word processing application. No matter where it starts out, import
it into OOo Writer and use that program’s rich set of tools to
create a file for publication.

Editors’ Note: The same steps outlines in this article also
apple to those of us that prefer LibreOffice


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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