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Acrobat eBook PDF's
If you want to allow PC, Macintosh, Linux
and Unix users to all read your ebook, then the Acrobat PDF
format is the best way to deliver your published ebook download
file.
If you only want PC and Windows based users
to read your ebook, either PDF or an HTML compiler could be
your tool. Go here to read our article on ebook compilers.
Acrobat (and therefore the PDF file format)
is installed on over 100 million computers worldwide. So it
has a big potential market awaiting you.
With
the PDF format, your eBooks will have complete support on virtually
any computer. In addition, mobile devices like Palm, HP Jornada,
Compaq iPAQ and Casio CASSIOPEIA Pocket PC personal digital assistants
(PDAs) and any handheld PDA that runs the Pocket PC operating
system now support PDF file formats, further expanding your market
potential.
PDF is also the corporate standard for virtually
every American public company, opening doors to millions of
potential readers of your ebook.
Acrobat is a software package “reader”
that is made by Adobe Software.
PDF is the file format used
by Acrobat to read a PDF file.
PDF creation software is very simple to use. Once you make once you make your PDF software maker selection, you install it on your computer. Almost all PDF creation tools for making your ebooks will operate as simply another printer on your printers list.
Once the PDF creation software is loaded, creating PDF's is as simple as hitting your "print" function. Once you print your file, the PDF creation tool opens a window that should give you several choices, including:
- A preview window of your PDF and option to launch Acrobat live
- Font management
- PDF document title, subject, author and keyword input options
- Security options including 40 bit or 128 bit encryption, password, copy/paste protection, print and change control options
- Automatic link creation methods
- Table of Contents and bookmark creation options
- File location and settings options
- Email sending options
Once you finish selecting your options and configuring your eBook PDF, you simply hit a button and your PDF is created. Save it to your local disk, and you now have your digital eBook.
Adobe makes a tool called Acrobat 5.0 that
allows you to create PDF output files. Acrobat 5.0 costs $220
for a single copy. There are dozens of other vendors who make
and sell PDF creation software that are free and others that
run up to the price of Adobe Acrobat 5.0.
A future article will discuss various PDF creation tools including online versions as well as versions you would download to and run from your Mac, PC or Linux/Unix computer.
If you are aware of any vendors we should consider for our review, please send us an email from the contact page.
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