Dummies guide to publishing an ebook on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords

"In this blog post I’m going to try and demystify the ebook publishing process. I’ve been through it and lived to tell the tale. So here goes. Stand by for a fun ride. It’ll be worth the trials and tribulations along the way!"

Tutorial here:

http://www.sellingbooks.com/dummies-guide-to-publishing-an-ebook-on-amazon-kindle-barnes-and-noble-and-smashwords/

Creating epub files - With nothing but free tools

"For all I know, other commercial tools can create them by now, but more importantly, you can easily create epub eBooks with free software if you don't need commercial tools to create some XML files (mostly XHTML) and zip them up together. I certainly don't. "


http://www.snee.com/bobdc.blog/2008/03/creating-epub-files.html

Creating eBooks: An ePub Tutorial

"At the moment, whenever I create a Mobipocket book for the Kindle, I start off with creating the ePub version, because things are a bit cleaner that way. "

Tutorial here:

http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/

Keybr - Typing at the speed of thought

Typing tutor

Wikivid - Video tutorials

"Wikivid creates video-courses made up of links to free video tutorials from around the web. During our "alpha" stage, content is limited to software tutorials only, but the vision is to add video uploads and more. Add your own video links, edit existing pages, learn, & enjoy"

http://wikivid.com/index.php/Main_page

Scheduling a meeting in Lotus Notes

http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/lotus/learn/viewlets/notesdomino/notes8/schedulemeetfinal_viewlet_swf.html

And other tutorials here:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/demos/viewlets.html

Wink - Screencast, Presentation & Tutorial

"Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users."

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

Use YouTube to learn Photoshop

For anyone who is interested in learning Photoshop, YouTube (and other video sites) can be a good source of free learning that you might not have thought of.

http://www.fortysomething.ca/mt/etc/archives/006129.php