#FRONT MATTER SCRIVENER WINDOWS HOW TO#
#FRONT MATTER SCRIVENER WINDOWS WINDOWS#

#FRONT MATTER SCRIVENER WINDOWS WINDOWS#

Jen, I’m not sure what you mean by “I don’t get a “Front Matter” tab when I open a fiction file.” I’m not familiar with the Windows version of Scrivener, but I’m guessing you’re using a template. It was easy to correct once I figured out the formatting mistake, but if I’d saved the file first as HTML and opened it in my browser, the problem would have shown up before I sent it through the meatgrinder, and I probably could have found the fix more easily. Using “show invisibles” hadn’t revealed the problem, which was lines squashed together with no spaces between them. I swore I’d never do that, but it was reading my sample in the HTML online version on Smashwords that told me I had a problem with my front matter.

#FRONT MATTER SCRIVENER WINDOWS HOW TO#

Roger, It probably doesn’t make sense to suggest an “easier” way, then throw in another, but after having gone through the formatting and conversion process for three novels, I’m going to try to learn how to use HTML. In moments you will have published an e-book. The final step is to sign on to Kindle Direct Publishing, Nook and Smashwords and start uploading. Choose which format you wish to compile the document for: Kindle or E-Pub You don’t need to do anything at all other than “Compile” it. Scrivener will automatically save it as a Kindle (.mobi) or Nook (.epub) file and will insert a table of contents with links to all of your chapters. Smashwords will take a Word document, and then it will convert it to several different formats. If you want to publish to Amazon, Nook and Smashwords you will have to produce two texts. Next choose which type of e-book you wish to produce. Make sure that beside “Format As” you have selected “e-book” and you have ticked the box that says “Add Front Matter” at the bottom and selected “e-book” from the pull down window as shown in the picture below: Select the book format and then tick 'add front matter' and select 'e-book' Next we have to click “File” and then “Compile”. You should get a front matter pull down tab in the binder and it should have an “e-book” front matter section. Don’t bother with the cover art because you simply upload that file separately when you fill out the step by step on Amazon or Nook or Smashwords’s website. This will include the copyright page, the title page and maybe a dedication. Front matter tells Scrivener what to insert as the first few pages of your book.įirst thing is front matter. In the Scrivener “binder” which is the cool side bar on the left of your document, you have a place to insert front matter for an e-book. epub file that is used on most other digital readers. Today I thought I would show you how to format a Kindle. For $49 it’s a steal and it is really not that complicated to use. You all know how I feel about Scrivener, but it is truly the best program for novelists out there.

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