Best eBook Formats

So, you are going to release an ebook. Good for you! The number of people doing the same thing are growing by the day, and the medium has gained a real legitimacy in the last several years as digital sharing expands across the globe. You will be in good company, whether you are planning to aim for profits or offering your book for free.

Once you get past the actual writing, you start to get into the finer details of self publication. One question most authors find themselves asking is what format is the best. Different devices take different file types, after all. How can you ensure you are choosing the most popular one to meet the demands of your market.

The truth is, there is no "best" ebook format. Your best bet is to provide several ways to download your content, and that can be done with little fuss and for low cost. While there are many different formats, these are the most common.

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5 Tips For Better PDF Documents

Creating and utilizing PDF documents is a fantastic way to communicate. There are so many functions built into editing PDF documents that make them user-friendly the trick is knowing which ones to use and when. Here is a list of some user friendly tips and tricks every user and creator of PDF documents should understand.

1 - Reduce PDF file size

One of the great things about PDF utilization is that large amounts of information can be compressed in a relatively small space on a PDF. In order to not let your PDF documents get too large too quickly PDF files, like images, should be reduced to a reasonable size before document creation. Before you add images into a PDF shrink the size, but if that's not possible then here's what you can do. Possibly the easiest way to do this is to add the files necessary to the document and then reduce the overall PDF document size upon saving. This method will vary slightly between operating systems, however in Mac OS software when you're saving the PDF document you will have the option to reduce the file size at that point.

Also, check out more PDF how-tos on Teksocial:

• Edit PDF Files On The Go With PDFzen
• How to Lock a PDF Document Using Pages
• Working with PDF Files on Linux

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Edit PDF Files On The Go With PDFzen

Even though our smartphones are getting smarter and tablets steadily grow more powerful, they still can't run full-fledged applications written for PCs. Luckily, you can rely on web apps when you need to stay productive and mobile at the same time.

Modern web apps really cover all your needs – from simple tasks like measuring time and taking notes to editing photos and video, and in some cases they can completely replace the desktop applications in terms of functionality. With this in mind, I tested PDFzen; read on to find out the results.

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Working with PDF Files on Linux

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a popular file format created by Adobe in the early 1990s. Even before it was released as an open standard in 2008, PDF was widely used for document exchange because of its universal compatibility. In other words, if you want your documents to look consistent everywhere, you should use PDF. It supports font embedding, which means that other users will see the text just like you formatted it, even if they don't have the same fonts as yours.

Note that some fonts are not embeddable, so they are usually automatically replaced by standard system fonts.PDF files can contain interactive elements – form fields, annotations, even 3D objects – and can be digitally signed or encrypted. Adobe has developed nine versions (specifications) of PDF, and each new version is backward-inclusive, meaning that it supports all features added in previous versions. The safest practice when creating PDF files is to use the latest stable version of PDF (currently 1.7).

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