The news media is releasing post after post talking about how eBook sales have overtaken paperback sales. And who doesn't want to imitate Amada Hocking and make millions with eBooks? What you might not know is that the back-end of an eBook is HTML (well, XHTML) and XML. And our XML Contributing Writer, Darla Ferrara, has a great series that takes you through the steps of creating your own EPUB eBook.

• A Look at Electronic Publication (EPUB)
• EPUB versus PDF -The Pros and Cons for E-Publishing
• What is an EPUB File?
• What are the Sections of an EPUB File?
• The Basics of Creating the OEBPS Folder for EPUB
• What is the EPUB Mimetype File?
• What is EPUB META-INF?
• How to Write the Container.xml File for EPUB

Are you considering writing an eBook? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, April 29th, 2011 at 03:41:17.

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