I’m using a Mac in September of 2019, so my version may look a little different from yours. Once Calibre is open click the Add Books button. I’m not going to tell you how to install it call your favorite tech support person for that. Now what? Well, you just download Calibre from here and install it. Okay, so let’s say your Word document is all formatted to your liking. I want my books to look a specific way, so I’m happy to do my own thang. 😳 Reedsy offers a service for book formatting too, but the fact that it’s free makes me think it’s pretty DIY as well, and whenever you outsource anything, you lose control. $250 if you want it to convert your printed books too (cue spit take number two). However, (takes a sip of water) there’s a $200 price tag attached (cue spit take, wipes mouth, and drinks again).

There’s Vellum, which I know a lot of people use and like. If that’s not you, though, there are other options, some of which will also do conversions… for a price. I’m pretty tech savvy and do all that myself, so all I need is the conversion. Also, it doesn’t format print books for you. Your Word document must already be formatted when you use Calibre. *Take note: Calibre is not book formatting software. To be honest, I don’t really use the book management side of it, but I use the crap out of it for converting my books-you may remember me mentioning it in my “Going Wide”/Draft 2 Digital blog post a few months back.

In addition, it can convert your ebooks from Word format to epub, mobi, and loads more formats. First question: what the heck is it? Calibre is a freeware book management program for both Mac and PC.

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