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http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/make-your-own-e-books-with-pandoc/39067 As devices for reading e-books proliferate, it increasingly makes sense to make publications available in an e-book. There are a number of cases in which you might do this: If you have a blog and want to make the best posts into an e-book.

Make Your Own E-Books with Pandoc

http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife.

Pandoc - About pandoc

For the past few months we ProfHackers have been running an occasional series about using the command line.

Pandoc Converts All Your (Text) Documents

http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/pandoc-converts-all-your-text-documents/38700
Booktype is open-source software that allows people to write, publish and print e-books within minutes. http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/booktype-write-print-publish-digital-books/

Booktype: Write, Print & Publish Digital Books

http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/booktango-sell-your-ebooks-online/

Booktango: Edit, Publish & Sell Your E-Books Online

If you want to venture into self-publishing, then you should check out Booktango. While it touts itself as an online e-book publisher, Booktango also offers a well-optimized e-book editor for the iPad and other tablet devices.