Run through the list and see if there’s anything helpful. When it comes to Transformations (left-hand side), I don’t find that there are many things in there that I want to select. If you want your scenes to have a title, include a check for them as well (that’s not typical). I use chapter titles so I add in a check next to “Level 1+” with the folder symbol. This is where you can select whether or not your titles of chapters/scenes make it into the book. Select the “Cover image” dropdown menu and click on the cover image you uploaded earlier. It keeps your chapters separate and nice looking.į. If you have multiple scenes per chapter and want a divider between them, choose that now under “Text Separator.” I use a Page Break as a Text and Folder Separator and that works well. I would also add in “Page Break Before” for each part of your front matter.Į. Make sure all the chapters and scenes you want in your compiled book have the “include” check next to them. In the middle/right, there should be a window showing the parts of the book to include (assuming “Contents” is selected on the side). Also, near the bottom you’ll see “Add front matter.” Make sure that’s selected and in the dropdown menu, select “E-Book” so your front matter will be included in the compiled file.ĭ. Next, look at the bottom of the window and find, “Compile For:” and select the dropdown window. Click on “Format As:” and select “Original.” This is important because it resets a lot of the settings.ī. You should see a drop down menu near the top of this window called, “Format As.” You’ll also have a window in the middle/right that shows parts of the book to include and a list on the left starting with “Contents.”Ī. When you have the chapters, scenes and front matter laid out the way you want it, click on the file menu and look down the list till you find “Compile.” This is where it gets a little tricky. NOTE: don’t worry about including a section for the table of contents. You don’t need too much here, but I would make sure you get your Title page, Copyright page, dedication, prologue, a page for your other books, and more in there.Īlso, in this folder there will be a section called, “Cover.” You can insert your cover file in there (approx. Go into the “E-Book” folder under “Front Matter” and start adding in a new scene (Text) for each of your front matter sections (see Front and Back Matter). If you scroll down in your binder (left hand side of the screen, below the chapters), you’ll find a section called “Front Matter.” If you’re unsure what to put in Front and Back Matter, check out Setting up Your Book: Front and Back Matter. Make sure you title them the way you want them to be titled in the exported file. If you have written your book in Scrivener, you’ll just need to clean it up a little bit in order to compile it as an ebook.Īs for back matter (such as an epilogue, glossary of terms, a quick note about your other books, etc.), treat them each as though they are their own chapter and put them at the end of the book. I would recommend you write your book in Scrivener so much of this work will be done already. If you are not a user of Scrivener, this may seem like a lot of work. Lay out your entire book in your chapters and scenes. It just helps to have labels so you know what’s going on. That description doesn’t need to make it into the book. I would label them with a bit of a description (click on the scene and rename it). When it comes to scenes (called “Text” in Scrivener), if you are using multiple scenes in each chapter with a little divider between each one (such as “* * *”) then lay out your book in your different scenes. If you want a title at the beginning of each chapter (or even a number for each chapter), label the chapter the way you want it to read in the final export of your file. In Scrivener, lay out your book in chapters (called “Folders” in Scrivener) and scenes (called “Text” in Scrivener). There are different ways to do it, but I’ll walk you through a simple way. It’s fairly simple and, if you do it right, Scrivener produces a nice looking ebook in both ePub and mobi formats.Ī short while ago I blogged on setting up a book in Pressbooks, but here’s an alternative. What I want to cover now is to talk about how to setup your novel ebook with Scrivener in Windows. I’ve written a couple blogs about this software ( blog 1, blog 2), so I won’t go into it too much today. It’s such a great program! If you’re a writer, I recommend Scrivener.
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