I haven't written an eBook, but I use https://typora.io for all my markdown editing. It's a WYSIWYG editor, which is very rare today, but has roughly doubled my writing speed because of that.
Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?
#12I use ms word and PowerPoint, since most of ebooks which I make are 30-100 page marketing materials I find hubspot's ready (google them) made templates very helpful. For cover I use canva and PowerPoint.
Re: Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?
#13If you want to produce epub and mobi, and not just PDF, http://manual.softcover.io/book is a nice tool that inputs Markdown and gives you a lot of power. I used it for https://codewithoutrules.com/saneworkweek/.
Re: Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?
#14I have used Microsoft Word and Leanpub[1]. Super easy and I like the set your own price. [1] https://leanpub.com/
I have self-published two ebooks on Leanpub [0]. It just great to get you started in self-publishing, because they take multiple input source and output your ebook in PDF, EPUB and MOBI. It used to be for free to create an ebook, but now it costs you $99 to create one. Still, you will get a lot of value out of it.
There are several ways to write your ebook: For instance, I have written mine simply by using markdown, uploading it to GitHub [1] and giving Leanpub access to it as collaborator. That way Leanpub is able to pull the recent manuscript from your repository for a new release or generating a preview. In addition, hosting the manuscript on a public GitHub repository (in case your ebook is open source), gives you the ability to make use of collaborating with others on it. Highly recommended platform!
Re: Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?
#15Some sub-discussions here may be useful:
How to Self-Publish a Novel in 2017 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13743908 (Feb 2017, 163 comments)
How I Made $70k Self-Publishing a Book about Ruby on Rails | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13876514 (Mar 2017, 175 comments)
Re: Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?
#16I have used Microsoft Word and Leanpub[1]. Super easy and I like the set your own price. [1] https://leanpub.com/
I have self-published two ebooks on Leanpub [0]. It just great to get you started in self-publishing, because they take multiple input source and output your ebook in PDF, EPUB and MOBI. It used to be for free to create an ebook, but now it costs you $99 to create one. Still, you will get a lot of value out of it. There are several ways to write your ebook: For instance, I have written mine simply by using markdown,…
Oh wow. I didn't realize that they charged for your book too. I'm working on a new book and I think I may take it elsewhere.