Now, if you do import a Docx file into Jutoh, keep this in mind. This is not a bad way to go, especially looking at Jutoh’s new update that, once again, makes it a lot like Scrivener which is a great book writing app. The advantage of this is you can use Jutoh as your editor, instead of using MS Word or Scrivener or something else to write your book. If you want, however, you can start with a blank document (not include a Docx file or text file) and actually write your ebook in the Jutoh editor. Your book in a Docx file (you can also insert your book with an epub) ISBN (if you’re going to use it–remember, you don’t need an ISBN for an ebook) You’ll likely want a lot of this information handy before you start (although all of this can be added later on): You choose “New Project” under the File menu and input all the information. The process for setting up an ebook is quite simple. Now, some ebook readers will change some of your styles on their own–there’s not much you can do about that, but Jutoh gives you the chance to create your file as you see fit. The advantage with Jutoh is you can adjust how much of the screen each individual image takes, you can adjust your titles and the fonts for your titles, you can add in styles as you want, and so on. However, you have little to no control with Draft2Digital over how any of this works or looks. You can even use a limited number of styles that Draft2Digital offers. With Draft2Digital, you can use images in your ebooks, you can use titles, of course, and most things you’d expect for ebook creation. It’s definitely not as simple as Draft2Digital’s conversion process, but the advantage with Jutoh is that YOU have a LOT more control over specific design features. Now, creating an ebook with Jutoh is relatively simple. 🙂 At $45 for Jutoh (with a 30% discount using the code: ROBINSON), Jutoh is the way to go!
At $200 to $250, I can’t imagine that it does a better job than Jutoh… and I won’t bother investing in it to find out. In fact, I hear that Vellum is supposed to be the best ebook creator out there, but for me, I’ve never tried it, and… I likely never will. Jutoh shines in the ebook creation department, and it’s worth the small investment in purchasing this software. It seems like a lot of moving around, but I think it is best to use each of these apps where they shine. For me, I write in Scrivener, edit in MS Word, then produce my ebooks in Jutoh. If you can afford it, I’d go for both of them.
However, while Scrivener is a little smoother in terms of the book outline and design, Jutoh blows Scrivener out of the water in terms of the ebook creation capabilities. When you consider the ability to set up an outline and write your book right in Jutoh, along with things like a name generator (which is a cool feature for writing fiction), you begin to see how Jutoh offers a lot of what Scrivener offers! Now, Jutoh is NOT a cheap knockoff of Scrivener, but Jutoh does a LOT of what you would expect from Scrivener. Here’s the cool part: the software is looking more and more like a serious competitor for Scrivener. Jutoh is extremely powerful and versatile (and I can’t say enough good about it), but there is a bit of a learning curve (as you’d expect with powerful software). There are tonnes of options out there ( Pressbooks, Scrivener, Calibre, D2D, etc.), and some are better than others.īasically, you have two goals for ebook creation:ġ) To create a professional looking ebook that looks good on a readerĢ) To ensure that your ebook uses reflowable text Different optionsįor me, I used to use Pressbooks for ebook creation (simple to use, but limited), then I moved to Scrivener (easy to use, but limited), then I moved to Draft2Digital (VERY easy to use and looks good, but limited), and now I’ve settled on Jutoh. One of the big areas that always involves is looking for improvement in the area of ebook creation.
I’m always on the lookout for new options for doing the whole publishing thing in a better way. NOTE: There is a discount code for purchasing Jutoh at the bottom of the post.
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