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我如何制作网络书的纸质版和电子书版
Show HN: How I made the print and eBook versions of my web book
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一位作者详细记录了自己如何把已经发布在网络上的书，制作成印刷版和电子书（EPUB、MOBI、PDF）的全过程，涉及排版、格式转换和自出版实务。对想把线上内容变成实体书或电子书的写作者来说，这是一份难得的一手经验。
可以直接用的写作要点
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用单一源文件（如 Markdown）保存内容，再分别导出网页、电子书和 PDF，避免多个版本内容不同步。
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把出版拆成编辑、排版、封面设计、发行等环节，逐项判断自己动手做还是外包，不必整体交给出版社。
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纸质书的纸张克重、字号、行距和页边距会直接影响阅读体验，值得亲自试做样张。
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先在网上连载积累读者，再推出电子书或纸书，是独立作者可行的路径。
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出版社的价值可以拆开来看，作者应先判断自己真正缺哪一项服务。
过去这些工作基本由出版社包办，如今正被拆解成一项项小服务。作者常说自己需要出版社提供编辑、营销和预付稿酬，但营销对很多人其实无关紧要（出版社也未必真做），预付稿酬也未必重要——多数作者本来就赚不到钱。真正的问题是：现在是否有成熟的“受雇编辑”市场，能把粗糙稿件变成一本书？
netcan查看英文原文
This is the sort of stuff that was mainly in the realm of publishers until recently. I'm always curious about the degree to which what publishers, record labels and similar industries do is being parceled out to smaller services. When writers write about why they need publishers, they usually mention editing, marketing & advances. I imagine for many people marketing is not very relevant. Either the publishers will not do much of it anyway or the author has access to an audience himself. Advances are also (I imagine) not that important to many authors. Maybe some need the commitment as part of their process but purely as a way of financing, I don't see an insurmountable requirement that this be bundled with the other things they do. Most authors are not going to make money anyway so a small chunk now or a slightly larger trickle later doesn't matter much either way. Is there a thriving industry of editors for hire? People who will take raw text and turn it into books? What's the state of this ecosystem today?
自出版让作者亲手掌控排版、纸张和设计等制作细节，过程本身就很有乐趣。
我两种经历都有过：一本书由中型出版社出版，另一本自己出版。自己做书时，我沉浸在字体排版、纸张克重、ISBN 和设计的世界里，觉得非常有意思。现在我在筹划新书，又要重新走一遍这个流程，很期待看看市面上有哪些新工具。
jfc查看英文原文
Very entertaining read; I suspect your book is equally interesting. I've had both experiences, one book published by a mid-sized publisher, and self-publishing another. When publishing the book myself, I found myself immersed in the world of typography, paper weights, ISBNs, and designs. It was really, really fun. I'm thinking through a new book project now and am starting that process again. I'm looking forward to seeing what new tools are out there. A bit off topic, but what I really liked was that little pumpkin pie that you baked. How small it was! Why was it pink? Even the consistency of the pie looks perfect. I can't figure out how you got those small wisps of whipped cream into such tiny loops?
单一 Markdown 源文件可一次生成网页、电子书和 PDF 多种格式。
GitBook 做的就是帮作者自助出版。我们用一套开源、基于 Markdown 的单一源格式，从同一份内容生成漂亮的网页书、电子书（EPUB、MOBI）和 PDF。
AaronO查看英文原文
Enabling authors to self publishing is something we're doing with GitBook (https://www.gitbook.io/). We have a one source format based on markdown which is open source (https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook) ! And from this we build a nice web book, ebook (EPUB, MOBI) and PDFs. I don't want this to be a shameless plug, it just seems oddly relevant. Hope it helps ! Disclaimer: I am the founder of GitBook
自出版工具生态已经比较丰富，作者可按需选择平台。
其他制作或销售电子书的选项：Leanpub、Softcover（Rails 教程作者 Michael Hartl 出品）、Lulu（仍在运营，创始人是 Red Hat 的创办者），以及 O'Reilly Atlas（较新，可能只服务于其签约作者）。
vram22查看英文原文
Other ebook creation / selling options: Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/ Softcover: https://www.softcover.io/ By Michael Hartl, author of the Rails tutorial. Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/ is still around too, originally by the creator of Red Hat. O'Reilly Atlas: https://atlas.oreilly.com/ - new; may be only for books you write with them as publisher, not sure. There must be some others too.
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