InDesign • How to Convert a Print Book into an eBook

In this video, I explain my start-to-finish process for converting an InDesign Print Book file into an Ebook file. We utilize Kindle Previewer and Pagina Epub Checker during the process. Here are some questions we answer here:
How can I preview my epub on my computer? How do I keep my chapters separated in my ebook? Why isn't this style working in my ebook? Why are my pictures so small in my ebook? Why can't I see the Table of Contents in my Ebook? Why isn't the metadata date working in my ebook?

0:00 - Intro
01:40 - Open All Book Files at Once
02:04 - Test Export to Epub
02:26 - Fixed Layout vs. Reflowable
03:18 - Using Kindle Previewer to View Ebook
05:58 - Using "Split Document" Style to Create Page Breaks
08:21 - Assigning the Master Style Document
09:20 - Export Settings for Split Document
11:52 - 3 Things to Remember for Proper Split Text
12:19 - Anchoring images so they Stay in Place
14:33 - Making Links Live in an Ebook
15:03 - Using an Image for the Cover Page
17:02 - Making Your Ebook Images Larger
18:16 - What if the Chapters on the Table of Contents Sidebar Aren't Displaying Correctly?
21:03 - How to Validate an Epub with Pagina Epub Checker
22:22 - How to Add Proper Metadata to Your Ebook in InDesign
23:30 - Why Doesn't the Date Work in My Ebook Metadata?

Visit our website:

[cahartmanphoto]

You are an angel. I designed books 15+ years ago and have done very few in between then and now (and never an ebook). I was so lost after researching how to do it correctly. Thank you!

[RegnaSaturna]

I'm a writer. But you're a writer AND an Indesign expert.

[anthonyaird]

Great tutorial. Thank you. I especially love the book cover design!

[PraveshKumar-dz]

Hey, Becky. You have given the brilliant information for exporting the digital conversion from InDesign. Keep it 😄😄😄

[kremisikresi]

Hi there, very clear tutorial as usual! Please remember the word "pagina" is an Italian one and the accent falls on the first "a" so it's "pàgina" and not "pagìna" 😀

[WMAkers]

This video was extremely helpful! So many tutorial videos only show what to do when everything goes right...very useful to see what to do when you export it and everything looks all wrong! Also, hello from a fellow Nashvillian!

[cralston]

So far adding the split style spaces into the document is working with making it look much better. Thank you!

[jenniferrosadoauthor]

Oh my goodness I was completely stuck on how to do this. Your walk through was super helpful. It certainly changed the way I will be setting up my Indesign projects going forward. Thank you.

[leedickinson]

Brilliant. Thank you. So helpful. Explaining things simply isn't easy, but you've made it look as if it is.

[manablooded]

Awesome tutorial! I've done several children's book epub conversions but never a chapter book. This was super helpful and saved me a ton of time!

[xphoenixrising]

thanks so much for this! I was having issues saving my print files as ebooks and couldn't figure out what my issue was. Thank you!

[erwachtewelt]

I want to thank you again Kayla for your absolutely amazing content - you helped me and for sure thousand others SO MUCH!

[paulanerus]

Thank you so much. I've been trying to learn how to export Ebooks for quite a while and this easy tutorial has been very helpful. And your pineapple shirt is great by the way! 🙂

[noelmayeske]

Fantastic job - you explained it very well, and with more helpful details than other videos I've seen. Thank you so much!

[techytalksvlog]

Hi Becky, I have been an ebook formatter since 2011, but I use another alternative to create an epub. And now my client wants me to convert it from Indesign, thankfully by watching your video, it really helps. I hope I can have a copy of your sample file, so I can also check please? :)

[maciejharabasz]

Great material, form me splitting documents and anchoring objects were especially valuable.

[supapinkshoes]

Thank you very much, Becky's Graphic Design! This video is a big help for me! Thank you!

[lonnb]

Great lesson! thank you so much. You really explained this well. I was able to have a finished epub without issues. Thanks

[ralphnusser]

I am rating your YouTube tutorial and your homepage with a "10" out of ten.

[mosarrofhossain]

One of the best video for ebook which I was looking for. Thank you