We can now do a test export using Project - Export Project - Export to Ebook. Makes it easier to find your way around.) (This will replace the generic 'Scene 1', 'Scene 2' and so on with the first line from each scene. At this point I would click Scene - Copy First Line to Scene Title - All Scenes. When you click Save, yWriter will load your book, break it into chapters, break the chapters into scenes, and populate the various lists on the main screen. My Ebook Version, or the title of your book with Ebook on the end. (You can do this right in the file dialog.) Then, open the new folder and give your project a filename - e.g. I suggest creating a folder in Documents called 'Ebook Version' or similar.

YWriter will now prompt you for a project filename. Click Project - Import into New Project - Import Work in Progress.Īs it says, locate your RTF file and click OK. Now that you've done that, choose 'save as.' in your word processor and change the file type to RTF. Next, if you have scene breaks, use three asterisks one space apart: * * * First, make sure each chapter starts with the word 'Chapter' and a number. I don't know how to create an ebook from those, except as a PDF, and that's not what this guide is about.īefore you export to RTF there are a few things you can do to make life easier down the track. I'm also going to assume your book is in Word or Openoffice or some other word processor, and not Publisher or InDesign. At this point, if you have illustrations in your book things are going to get complicated, so for now we'll just pretend it's all text. The first step is to export an RTF file from your novel/short story/non-fiction work. And you don't need a Kindle unless you want to read your own work on one. You don't need the KDP account if you're just creating an ebook (mobi, epub, rtf, etc) to give away. Optional: a Kindle ebook reader, or the free Kindle software.A Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) account - assuming you want to sell your ebook.Your novel, short story, non-fiction work in RTF format.To publish a book to the Kindle using my method, you'll need several things: This is because the program which does most of the work is Windows-only. I don't own a mac and I don't know anything about them, so if you're not using a version of windows XP or later, you won't get as much out of this guide.

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