Category: Writing

Sigil for Ubuntu 15.04

There are some repositories that seem to be mantaining Sigil at this moment for Ubuntu 15.04:

i2p: https://launchpad.net/~i2p.packages/+archive/ubuntu/i2p

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:i2p.packages/i2p
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sigil

xiota: https://launchpad.net/~xiota/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xiota/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sigil

mapreri: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri/+archive/ubuntu/sigil

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mapreri/sigil
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sigil

Though it is important to note that i2p.packages repository doesn’t contain only Sigil, and updating after adding it may upgrade other packages.

Free Podcasting Software

A vast array of software is available to support your podcasting requirements; some programs offer one stop integrated solutions to all your podcasting needs, while others fill more specific niches. However, every piece of software that you need in order to record and produce a professional, quality podcast is readily available free of charge.

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Acquiring the Audio

No matter what software you choose to help create and produce your podcasts, you will first have to get your audio into the computer. How you choose to do this is entirely up to you, but is likely to depend on what level of audio quality you want and your budget. At the most basic level you could use your computer’s in-built microphone, but for a reasonable degree of quality you will want a semi-decent external microphone.

1. Audacity – Audio Recorder and Editor

2. WinLAME – Audio Encoder

winlameOnce your audio has been recorded and edited (preferably in WAV format) you will need to convert it into a suitable podcast format. The universally accepted audio file format for podcasts is MP3. WinLAME is an excellent piece of free podcasting software designed to convert WAV files into the podcast friendly MP3 format.

3. Mp3Tag – ID3 Tag Editor

sshot1qcNow that you have your podcast MP3 audio file and some suitable artwork for its cover, you will need to embed the artwork into the MP3 file and add some additional tags that can be displayed by the listener’s playback device.

EPUB publishing

ton of different formats:

.aeh (used by Archos eReaders)
.lrx (used by Sony eReaders)
.ibooks (used by Apple eReaders)
.pkg (used by Newton eReaders)
.mobi (used by Amazon Kindle eReaders)
.epub (used by just about everyone else, including Barnes & Noble NOOK eReaders)

There are actually even more formats than those. That’s just a small sample. So, which one should you make?

Well, the only formats you need to create are EPUB and MOBI. Forget the others. EPUB is quickly becoming the industry standard and 90% of the eReaders on the market can open EPUB files. There is also a very simple conversion tool to change your EPUB into a MOBI. So, you really only need to make an EPUB, convert it to MOBI, and your book will be accessible on 99% of the eReaders out there, including NOOK and Kindle.

 

Build a digital book with EPUB

The open XML-based eBook format

Need to distribute documentation, create an eBook, or just archive your favorite blog posts? EPUB is an open specification for digital books based on familiar technologies like XML, CSS, and XHTML, and EPUB files can be read on portable e-ink devices, mobile phones, and desktop computers. This tutorial explains the EPUB format in detail, demonstrates EPUB validation using Java technology, and moves step-by-step through automating EPUB creation using DocBook and Python.

EPUB (short for electronic publication) is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Files have the extension .epub.

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Sigil

Sigil is a free, open source, multi-platform ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format. * It’s website is located here: http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ * It’s current code repository is located here: https://github.com/user-none/Sigil * Translations are located here: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/sigil/ * Support forums are located here:  http://www.mobileread.com/ Continue reading “Sigil”

How to delete books from Kindle

Posted by  on 12/11/2013 11:25:55 PM.

A significant advantage of eBook reading device is the capacity, even with a basic version of Kindle, you can hold thousands of eBooks with this handy size device. But every coin has two sides, after finishing and archiving more and more books, the storage space will become more and more disordered.

When you need to spend minutes to find the book you want to read, it is high time that you cleaned your ebook shelf up.

Identify Your Needs

Before cleaning your Kindle up, you should know what kind of deletion do you need.

1) You have downloaded too many books and finished most of them, now you want to make your Kindle looks clear and clean, delete those finished books from device but keep them in cloud.

• You are using Kindle device, like Kindle Touch, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire

• You are using Kindle app, like Kindle for Android, Kindle for iOS

2) You even don’t want to see those finished books in archive, want to delete them from Kindle Cloud.

• Delete books completely from your Kindle Cloud, delete books from Kindle archive

Click the links above you can jump to the part which can solve your problem.

Articles on Writing

Whenever you feel stuck with your article writing and are facing the typical writer’s block, you should go with the ‘brain dumping’ method where you write as fast as possible without thinking twice. Just write down everything that comes into your mind, and this will help the break writer’s block that you may be experiencing. As you write down this content, the spelling, grammar and punctuation will not even be considered during this process. You will be utterly astounded by all of the content that you come up with what you have put all of your article content into written format. Later on, you can use re-structure and proof read this article to make it presentable.

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