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Master eBook Generator
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William Bontrager

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The new Master eBook Generator is a program that lets your site visitors create custom ebooks from articles and other material that you provide.

The custom ebooks your visitors create can be viewed offline on any operating system with any JavaScript enabled browser. (If they surf, they have everything they need to read the ebook.)

Imagine people coming to your site and making a custom ebook for themselves. They choose the contents of their new ebook from what you make available for that purpose. They can put their own name, logo, and link on the cover. (The cover already contains your name, logo and link.)

Some people come to your site to make ebooks tailored for themselves. Others make ebooks for distribution to their friends or lists -- if your available content is perceived as valuable and you have no copying restrictions. Thousands of copies could be distributed.

You do not need CGI to have a Compilation Site. (The sites where people go to create their custom ebooks are called "Compilation Sites".)

As the owner of a Compilation Site, you decide what is and what is not available for inclusion when your visitors create their ebooks.

This is how it works:

  1. A person goes to a Compilation Site and selects the contents for their personal ebook. Then they fill in a form with a bit of information for the cover and provide an email address. To finish, they click a button.

  2. In 15 minutes or less, a robot at willmaster.com collects the contents of the requested eBook, stuffs it all into a template, compresses it into one zip file, and sends an email to the person telling them their ebook is ready for pickup.

  3. The person then downloads their compressed ebook, uncompresses it into a separate directory/folder, and drags the index.htm file into their browser.

That's all it takes to create an ebook.

The best way to gain certainty about how it works is to make an eBook for yourself. Use the example Compilation Site at http://lightfocus.com/ebook/

After that, if you decide to sign up for your own Compilation Site or to advertise in eBooks, visit Master eBook Generator's home page at http://willmaster.com/master/ebook/ Please make sure you read and understand the Terms of Service. (The ebook cover also contains a link to the home page.)

Master eBook Generator's home page contains a sign up form and setup instructions. If the instructions are not understandable or you otherwise need help, there is a contact form at the website.

Happy ebook-ing.

Copyright 2000 by William Bontrager

William Bontrager, Programmer and Publisher
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