How hard could it be? Those are usually the last words I utter before descending into a quagmire of technical pain as I work through how to use and master a new technology. Fortunately this time, making an eBook and related hard copy book turned out to be a straightforward and fairly easy process to master... once all the appropriate tools were identified and lined up, that is. An added bonus is that all the software is free to download and use on both Windows, Mac and Linux computers.
For a text version of this tutorial, including info on how to publish your book to the Kindle store see this blog post:
http://richmccue.com/2012/06/06/ebook-publishing-made-easy-google-docs-sigil-calibre-2/
Related Downloads:
Google Docs - http://docs.google.com
Sigil - http://code.google.com/p/sigil/downloads/list
Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com/download