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This is a guest post from Guido Henkel, author of the Jason Dark supernatural mysteries, including Curse of Kali, out now.
Over the last fourteen months, during which I have released my ten eBooks, I have created a very streamlined process to generate and cover as many eBook formats as possible. Take Curse of Kali, for example, the book I just released. Like all of my Jason Dark supernatural mysteries, it is available in Kindle, Nook, generic mobi, generic ePub, LIT, PDF, and Palm format, along with a HTMl-based reading sample and print versions.
I have noticed that many self-published authors limit themselves to only mobi and ePub formats, which is natural, since with these they can cover the majority of distribution outlets and devices. Some authors use Smashwords.com, which offers eBook versions in a wide variety of formats also, but I have long abandoned Smashwords because of the effort required to create a usable template document and, what I consider, a serious lack in quality of the resulting eBook output of their technology.
Why do you even bother?
One could argue at this point that anything beyond a mobi and an ePub file is superficial, and that may be right. There aren’t very many users out there who still use Palm devices and if they do, who read on them. The same is true with Microsoft’s LIT eBook format, which is barely in use. PDF fares a bit better, as many readers who have made their computers or laptops their preferred reading device like to use that format for its high resolution capabilities and its ease of use, particularly on Mac computers, where reading a document is as simple as pressing the space bar.
The fact that Amazon, Barnes&Noble and even Kobo have free software available that allows users to read their respective content on a wide variety of devices has further strengthened the mobi and ePub formats. And yet, I am a believer that in this case more is better. To me it is important to give my readers the choice to read in whatever format works best for them. I would never want a single reader abort a purchase because he or she realizes that the book is not available for their format of choice. Even if I make only a single sale in the Palm format, I feel it was worth the effort, if only to show that I care.
Specialized kindle and Nook versions, why?
Naturally, my focus is on the Kindle and Nook versions, which I build separately from others in order to make use of some of the devices’ capabilities. For example, I am using a graphical UTF-8 special character — the outline of a star — in my Jason Dark books to separate scenes. Sadly some devices — and Windows, of course — that do not handle Unicode properly, will show a garbled display in this case. Since the Kindle is fully capable of reproducing this graphical star symbol, I make use of it in that particular build while replacing it with a regular * in generic builds. There are other instances where it makes sense for me to make builds specifically targeted to certain devices.
The process demystified
My process involves Calibre to build my final eBooks, which are based on hand-tweaked HTML source files, and as such generating a LIT file is as simple as selecting the format from a drop-down menu in the software. So, how could I not support it?
The Palm PDB file format is a little trickier and requires me to create a completely new source file. However, starting with my source HTML file and using a number of regular expression search and replaces, I have a Palm eBook version ready in under ten minutes, usually. So, again, why would I not support the Palm format if the effort required is truly minimal?
The PDF file is usually culled directly from my print editions. I lay out all my print books in Quark XPress and to create my PDF file, all I usually do is include the cover at the front, change the font size and line spacing to allow for better reading on a computer display. Quark’s text-flowing capabilities takes care of the rest for me. Then I select “Export” from Quark’s File menu and once again, within the shortest period of time, I have a full-blown PDF version of my book, ready for readers to purchase.
The HTML reading sample that I provide for every book on my website, is a stripped down version of the source HTML file used to build my mobi and ePub versions. Again, the time necessary to do this is about one minute or less.
Reach more people
I have to point out, however, that as easy and quick as this may sound, the reason why I can create such a wide variety of eBook formats in such a short period of time has to do with how I create my eBook and print book source files in the first place.
Still, I hope that seeing how easy it can be, will inspire you to think about your own books and see if it might make sense for you to expand your efforts and get your book in front of your audience in a wider variety of formats.
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I would like to thank Joanna for allowing me to stop by here today and make this guest post. Her blog has given me so much information, insight and thought-provoking perspective that I felt it was time to give something back. I hope you enjoyed this little blog post.
Feel free to check out my latest release, Curse of Kali, and if you do, please do not hesitate to leave a review, or to contact me directly with thoughts or comments you might have. I love to hear from my readers at all times! For a constant feed straight from my brain, feel free to also follow me on Twitter (@GuidoHenkel).
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Guido Henkel is the author of ten Jason Dark supernatural mysteries, including the hot new release, Curse of Kali, as well as Demon’s Night, Heavens on Fire, Dr. Prometheus, The Blood Witch, Terrorlord and the award-winning Ghosts Templar.
You can find out more about the books at http://www.jasondarkseries.com or follow his blog at http://www.guidohenkel.com
A free PDF to Word converter can save you hours of time and endless hassle. PDFs aren't designed for editing in mind, so if you need change or extract text or images, the easiest way is to convert it to a Word document, which you can then open with the office software of your choice.
There are several free PDF to Word converters that can do the job, using different techniques to identify and extract images and text, while preserving the original formatting. They're not all the same though, and some application gives much more accurate results than others.
We've put the best PDF to Word converters through their paces to decide which recreates the original document most faithfully. You can see the results of our tests on the left, and click the previews to zoom in.
1. WPS PDF to Word Converter
An accurate and impressive free PDF to Word converter
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WPS PDF to Word Converter is a brand new tool from the developer behind one of our favorite free office suites, WPS Office. It’s incredibly easy to use – just drag the file onto the software’s main screen and pick the export format (options include DOC, DOCX, and RTF) and click ‘Start’.
Because it’s a desktop app, WPS PDF to Word Converter is noticeably faster than online tools, and can process files in batches. The free edition will convert PDFs up to five pages long, so if you want to convert larger documents you’ll need to divide it into chunks first using a tool like PDFSAM Basic. Alternatively, the premium version of WPS PDF to Word Converter costs $29.95/£22.95/AU$39.95, with no limit on pagination.
The exported Word documents are very impressive – easily the best of all the PDF to Word converters we tested. Images were preserved and aligned correctly, text formatting was retained, and font styles and weights were accurately reproduced. WPS PDF to Word Converter is the best free PDF to Word converter.
2. Wondershare PDFElement
A full PDF conversion suite in one neatly designed package
To get the free version of Wondershare PDFElement, select 'Downloads' from the menu at the top of the page and select the version for either WIndows or Mac, depending on your operating system.
You can only convert five documents at a time using this free PDF to Word converter, and you’re warned that your converted documents will be watermarked, but the watermark is only an image placed over the top of the other page elements and can be easily removed by clicking it and hitting 'Delete'.
The page layout remained consistent with the original, and although some text boxes and images needed a little repositioning, all the content was converted successfully. We had mixed luck with documents containing non-standard fonts, but those are easily changed in any word processing software.
If you use Wondershare PDFElement frequently, the premium subscription is quite affordable, and will eliminate the need to split larger PDFs into five-page chunks before converting them.
3. Free Online OCR
OCR produces documents that look perfect with a little tweaking
As the name suggests, Free Online OCR is a free PDF to Word converter uses optical character recognition to identify text in PDFs. This means it works with scanned documents as well as original files – essential if you want to convert and edit a printed handout from a lecture, for example.
Free Online OCR can only convert one file at a time, up to 5GB in size. Select your PDF, pick a language, choose a format (Microsoft Word, Excel, or plain text), and then enter a Captcha to start the conversion.
After a few seconds you’re provided with a link to download the converted file. Unlike some web apps, there’s no need to provide an email address, then wait for the link to be delivered.
In our tests, Free Online OCR did a great job of preserving our PDF’s formatting, presenting text in editable columns. We were particularly impressed that the image was formatted as a header and locked in place.
The limitations of OCR were visible in a few places – text on colored backgrounds wasn’t always identified, and there were a few rogue tabs and line breaks – but it wouldn’t take much tweaking to get the Word document looking almost identical to the PDF. Free Online OCR is a very impressive free PDF to Word converter – we just wish it was available as a desktop app so we didn’t have to upload files one at a time.
4. Nitro PDF to Word Converter
Great for text, but not a good choice for image-heavy documents
There are two versions of Nitro PDF to Word Converter – a desktop app for Windows and an online version – but only the latter is free to use forever.
You can upload multiple files, and there’s a good choice of import and export formats (including Word, PowerPoint and Excel), but there are some significant drawbacks. Unlike Free Online OCR, Nitro PDF to Word Converter emails your converted file to you, and each email address is limited to five file conversions per month – a pretty severe limit that severely restricts its usefulness.
Text was maintained quite well in our converted document – including the keylines between columns, which was a pleasant surprise – but the main image didn’t survive the change of format. There were also some rogue spaces and line breaks when we used this free PDF to Word converter, though these wouldn’t take long to correct manually.
5. UniPDF
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Works well with simple documents, but struggles with formatting
UniPDF is a desktop app, which means it avoids the issues of slow upload and download speeds associated with online tools, and means you don’t have to trust your documents to a third party that might keep them cached.
The trial edition of this free PDF to Word converter can only convert three pages – to convert more you’ll need to either upgrade to the paid version, or split your PDF using a tool like PDFsam, then recombine the resulting Word documents.
In our tests, UniPDF preserved the overall look of our magazine page, including images, but struggled with complex text formatting. Columns ran into one another, and in some cases the converted text was a dramatically different size to the original, making it tricky to adjust. A few letters were also missing here and there, leaving us with quite an extensive cleanup job to get the Word document to a functional state.
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