I have published several ebooks - exclusively for the Amazon kindle platform- though none were chess related.
To be honest, you need to start with simply how to make an ebook. An ebook contains text and can contains images. Once you know that, it is quite easy to include text about chess and to include images of chess positions.
If you want readers to be able to play through games then you could simply put each position on its own page. By turning the page, the reader 'sees' the next move.
An ebook (epub format) is essentially a cut down html/css document. So learning how to make one can be as follows:
1. Search to "epub format" and "epub tutorial" and read the books that turn up. They'll teach you the limits to the supported html/css and the formats to put those files into (epub is a zip file, so you can take a look by renaming the ".epub" to ".zip" and unzipping).
2. Read up on the tons (and tons and tons) of html and css (cascading style sheet) tutorials/books. Then just skim the epub tutorials and put things in the correct place and add some meta files to make your ebook.
I took route #2 mainly because I already know html/css and have made a few ebooks for my son (works on kindle, nook, and most ebook readers as epub is the free format everybody uses).
There's no animation (at least when I wrote them a few years back). You can almost think of an ebook as a normal book scanned (there's some reflow of page formatting, but essentially, it is like a normal paper book).
Hi all!
I really appreciate your help!
I want to make an ebook in which you can scroll through the chess games, without turning pages. I think everymanchess.com sells these kinds of books as well. But I can't seem to find any guideline on how to make it.
In the meantime, I will follow Mgx9600 advice and deepen my knowledge of html/css...
Mgx9600, you don't happen to have filmed your way of making an ebook? Would love to see it!
I am not sure if I got you right.
You want to scroll through games, do you mean replay the games? In that case you are probably looking for a database program like Scid, ScidvsPC or Chessbase. At least the Everyman App is a database program with support for their colored comments and variations.
Using a database program you can of course enter text there into the games as comment.
If you stick to the .pgn database format you can also import your database into a TEX software and create a nicely formatted .pdf document with diagrams.
Hi there!
For study purposes I want to make a chess e-book in which I can put texts and also scroll through games of grand masters.
Who can help me finding software in which i can create an e-book?
The software I find seem to be about reading ebooks and not about creating them.
I use a Mac, but if there is no software available for the mac I will use a Windows computer.
I really hope someone can help me creating a chess ebook!