“As with the image you use for your cover, you can use a variety of file formats (such as png, tiff, or JPEG) for Inline Images. The images I had used in the print book were high resolution photoshop files, but I wanted to know what files Vellum would handle for ebooks. After making sure all the chapters were in the right places, with the right headings and it all looked sweet, it was time to sort out the images. There are lots of online tutorials (including theirs) that show you how to format text, but it is pretty intuitive. Vellum does a great job with text and styling. Knowing this now, I would make sure to keep my Word file up to date with all the edits, as importing Word files into Vellum is as easy as simply opening them. I had to cut and paste from InDesign to Vellum. Unfortunately for me, Vellum works with Word Documents, and I couldn’t just import my InDesign book, or pdf. This is where I did a lot of editing, as well as laying out the images. I had written FAB Club in Scrivener, converted it to Microsoft Word and then formatted it for print in InDesign. I had been reading great things about Vellum, but I hadn’t read much about its use with heavily illustrated books, so I decided to give it a try. I wasn’t looking forward to doing the same thing with my chapter book, FAB (Friends Against Bullying) Club. It wasn’t intuitive, I made a lot of mistakes and it took me a long time to get my books to look professional on screen. Years ago, I used Sigil and Calibre to create ebooks and I hated the process. Cartoonist and author Alex Hallatt shares her top tips on how to produce ebooks using the Mac-only Vellum software, including books that feature lots of illustrations.
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