![]() One of Vellum's many wonderful features is that you can drag your word processing file into Vellum, format it quickly, and generate all the types of files you need in one step.įor print, Vellum generates a PDF you can upload to whatever print platform you're using (such as CreateSpace). It also creates a Table of Contents for you. Vellum creates that column on the left automatically, listing your chapters. Screen Shot from The One-Year Novelist Title Section on Vellum Favorite Features Here's a screen shot of the page where I added title information yesterday for my latest book The One-Year Novelist. Now you can create paperback editions with Vellum as well. Originally, Vellum created ebook files (including mobi for Kindle and epub files for other platforms like Kobo and iBooks) from your word processing files, but not print books. ![]() (I have not tried that myself.) Create Publishing Files Easily I have heard, though, that you can use Mac in Cloud to run Vellum. Right now, Vellum works on Mac, which is how I use it, and not for PCs. It's also is far less expensive (considering both time and money) to do updates, such as when I want to add a book to About the Author and Also By pages. (For more on using a conversion service, see Using An eBook Formatting Service .) Doing it yourself is less expensive and it takes only a little more time than it used to take me to send in edits to files the services created for me. I used to pay services to convert my Word files to ebook and print formats, but now I do it myself. If you self-publish your work or plan to, Vellum is a valuable tool that can make your life easier.
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