Teri KanefieldNov 14

Hi, Mastodon friends,

I've been busy. I decided to turn that long blog post into a free book.

Once I started working with it, I saw a million ways to improve it and make it more readable, so I think it's better.

I had it professionally proofread, copyedited, and fact checked. Any errors are mine because I had to transfer all the marks to the Indesign document.

Anyone wanna advance peek?

I don't know how to put a PDF here, so it's on the blog page:

https://terikanefield.com/whyextremismhappens/

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Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen by Teri Kanefield

This is the full text of a book that I am offering for free. Barnes and Noble Kobo Amazon Google Books Apple Books It’s on Goodreads. Or you can download a PDF by clicking here. Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen: Understanding Our Deepest Divides   He who knows only his own side of the case […]

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Now I have to figure out how to turn it into an ebook (I'll need my technical support staff for that.)

The process was long. I started with a microphone and "talked" the blog post, as if once more talking to a room full of college students.

My technical support staff turned those into a YouTube thing. It helped me sort out the ideas and figure out a better way to present the material.

You know, keeping those college students paying attention isn't easy.

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Show threadT M von WeberNov 14
@Teri_Kanefield Maybe try Calibre? https://calibre-ebook.com/
calibre - E-book management

calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.

Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ⭕​Nov 14

@Teri_Kanefield There's also #Pandoc, a document-manipulation Swiss-Army Knife on steroids.

https://pandoc.org/

This is a command-line tool, and can convert between many document formats. It's available on MacOS, Linux, Windows, and probably other platforms.

My general preference is to start with #Markdown or #LaTeX (both are far less intimidating than they seem, though Markdown would be easier), and generate HTML, PDF, ePub, and the like from those. There are other document markup languages which can be used, or if you're more comfortable with them, word-processing formats (DocX, used by MS Word and many others is probably the lowest-hanging fruit).

I've used Pandoc to create multiple book-length works, both my own and transcribed / converted from elsewhere. You need little more than paragraph breaks, chapter headings, and a title, author, and publication date block for the basics.

@TimWeber

Pandoc - index

A universal document converter

Pandoc
Show threadDonald Ham Nov 14

@Teri_Kanefield
Teri, thank you so much.

When I discovered you on Mastodon and followed the development of these articles, it crystallized so much I had thought but never put the pieces together. I think this is a transformational way to think about news and politics.

Show threadGordon J HoltslanderNov 14

@Teri_Kanefield If it’s a blog, it’s written in ‘web/internet’

The epub electronic book format uses the same.
https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-overview-33/

epub is just a specific set of folders with html css media etc compressed into one file using the zip compression/archiving tool

look at tools to convert a blog into epub

EPUB 3 Overview

EPUB® 3 defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and documents. The EPUB format provides a means of representing, packaging, and encoding structured and semantically enhanced web content — including HTML, CSS, SVG, and other resources — for distribution in a single-file container.