Inside the Box: An Introduction to ePub, HTML & CSS for the Independent Author/Publisher (Self-Publishing & Ebook Creation)

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An ebook is just a website in a box

But what's inside the box?

In this clear, concise guide, ebook designer and indie author David Kudler folds back the lid of ePub, the universal ebook format. He introduces you to the nuts and bolts that make an ebook work.

Includes overviews of the ePub format and internal structure as well as basic guides to the HTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) that you need to know to make your ebooks look professional.

(Self-Publishing & Ebook Creation)


    David Kudler is an independent publisher and author. He has been designing ebooks since 2010. He blogs about ebook creation, publishing, and marketing on Huffington Post, Stillpoint Digital Press, and TheBookDesigner.com

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About the author

David Kudler

I am a writer, editor, and publisher living just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with my wife, author/teacher Maura Vaughn, our author-to-be daughters. And our (apparently) non-literary cats.
Currently, I run my own small publishing company, Stillpoint Digital Press. Since 1999, I’ve overseen the publications program for Joseph Campbell Foundation. I have edited three posthumous volumes of Campbell’s unpublished writing and lectures and overseen editions of nine additional titles, the most recent being the third edition of the seminal Hero with a Thousand Faces.
I have just finished Risuko, a young adult historical adventure novel (whew! lots of qualifications on that!) set in Japan during the Civil War era. The sequel, Bright Eyes hits the shelves on May 5, 2022.
I’m a passionate reader of mysteries, fantasy and whatever else I can get my hands on. I am a story addict.
I also have a really healthy respect for heights. (In one of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching books, the heroine realizes that it’s not the heights that she’s afraid of: it’s the depths. I understand that.)
And that’s me, at the moment.