*slaps forehead*

[kellifer]

I should have thought of this sooner.

Would anyone be willing to create a PDF version of my Big Bang fic for download? I think I saw someone offering to do just that somewhere but I can't remember who or where! I've had a few requests and being non-tech savvy I forget some people now exclusively read on their kindles etc.

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[amalthia]

I can make an epub/mobi/lrf version of your story. I volunteered to help out authors before the SPN big bang posting and the offer is still open. :) email me at amalthia at gmail.com if you still need help.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Someone had already converted it so there is now a PDF available. Thanks for the offer lovely!!

[amalthia]

I don't know if you know this but the reason people do like mobi and epub vs PDF is because pdf looks horrible on 6 and 5 inch screens. I don't even bother with pdf because it looks that bad. If people are still requesting pdf its either to read on the computer monitor or they are new to the kindle and haven't seen what mobi looks like. Or they gave up on authors providing ebook versions... pdf is easy to make and I think that's why it is so popular but it is not a true ebook format its a print to paper format. Though if the person that made your pdf downsized the word paper size to 5 or 6 inches and then converted to pdf it may look ok...on 5 and 6 inch screens. It will not look good on ipad or smartphones. If you care about how your story looks on different screen sizes you would need epub or mobi because the text reflows to fit the screen size.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah! Thanks for that - I don't have any readers so I didn't know that!

If you're still willing to do up an epub version that would be awesome. Do you need me to send you the word doc - would that be easier?

[amalthia]

Yes, I am still willing to help. :) if you could send word version to my email I can create ebook versions for you. Though it may take a few days. School is kicking my ass this semester. My email is amalthia at gmail.com.

Send artwork if you'd like it embedded in the story.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

No rush at all. :D

Would it be easier if I include the artwork in the word document or separately?

It'll probably take me a day or so because I'll have to remove all the HTML coding from the word doc... hee!

[amalthia]

You don't need to remove html coding. I can turn your doc into html without losing the italics and etc...

As for artwork I am less likely to mess up placement if the images are in word doc.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

Thanks so much for this - I'll get it all fixed up and shoot through to you over the next day or so.

You're a doll!

[amalthia]

You're welcome! :)

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

It looks like dragynville did an .epub as well as a PDF download. Do you want to check it out and let me know!

[amalthia]

I would love to check it out, is it at her LJ?

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I meant to link to it (http://kellifer-fic.livejournal.com/336517.html?thread=6890373#t6890373). That would have helped!

[amalthia]

It's a-okay. If I weren't on my phone checking my email I would have checked out your master post first before asking where the epub was located.

Hugs!