![]() One price up front lets you generate all the different books you want.) (Unlike previous versions, Vellum no longer charges you per book generated. ![]() For an extra $50, as I mentioned, you get the further ability to pop out print-ready PDF files for print-on-demand sites such as Lulu or CreateSpace, at the same time and from the same Vellum file as you're generating ebooks. Each one looked terrific – clean, well-formatted, like a book I'd purchase from the iBooks or Kindle stores. I tested Vellum's generated files in iBooks on my iPhone and iPad, and the Kindle app on my iPad, using simple instructions in Vellum's help files to load the test books onto each device. When you generate multiple copies of your book for each of those stores simultaneously, with the click of a button - yes, Vellum can do that - the right link for each store will appear within each appropriate file. Vellum's smart enough to build in the ability to add multiple identifiers for multiple stores into a single link. Speaking of multiple formats for different stores: Suppose you want to include a link to one of your other books. It'll also convert that image from any of the usual formats into the customary JPEG that eBooks use. ![]() Vellum can't design covers for you, but it will tell you if the image you upload isn't sized right to work with any the multitude of competing eBook formats, and suggest a better size. Vellum's built-in roster of fonts offers plenty of good-looking options instead, including a lot of popular and frequently used print and e-reader fonts. Some stores, including iBooks, discourage authors from embedding custom fonts in their ebooks. However, that may be a blessing in disguise. Vellum does lack one item on my wishlist: It doesn't support embedding your own fonts. You'll only insult Vellum, because of course it will, and that table of contents will look great. Don't even ask if it'll create a table of contents for you. Vellum supports multi-volume compilations and nested layers of structure (Book I, Chapter 3, and such). How about a dedication? A prologue? Epilogue? Foreword or afterword? A nifty quote at the beginning? Blurbs where other people say nice things about your book? Add any or all of them to your book from the menu bar an "Add Multiple Elements" feature handily lets you go through a checklist of possible additions, select the ones you want, then populate and style them all in one go. Text ornaments? Vellum detects any you've already added automatically, adds new ones easily, and if you don't see any variety you like in its style gallery, you can simply add your own from any graphics you upload. And if it hasn't, a quick browse through its style menus will let you apply that sort of swankiness with a few clicks. Wish your book had really cool styling? A slick title page and chapter headers? Maybe some drop caps at the beginning of chapters? Vellum can do that. You can change the text size, change to sepia or night mode, or switch between a host of common e-reader fonts, too. From a pulldown menu at the top of the preview pane, Vellum can show you how your prose will look on Kindle Fire or Paperwhite, an iPhone or iPad, a Kobo Glo, a Nook Simple Touch, or an Android tablet (or good old-fashioned print, for that matter. Peruse and edit your text in one pane – Vellum lets you correct or change text on the fly, should you spot any typos that previously slipped past you – and see your changes instantly reflected in the preview window at right. ![]() The most tedious chore I had to perform in formatting two different test manuscripts was manually adding chapter breaks to a manuscript that didn't already have any (Vellum looks for page breaks and other clues to separate your work into chapters adding or changing them is as easy as a menu command). docx file into Vellum, the program starts working to make your book look as good as possible with minimal effort. ![]()
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