Improving an eBook for Ease of Use

I'm so excited to be on the brink of another book launch! As you can imagine, Wild Brews for Dreamy Sleep tackles insomnia, restlessness, nightmares, and similar problems from several natural and holistic angles. Like its fellow editions, Dreamy Sleep is a kind of cross-training in basic home herbal craft. You'll learn recipes for teas (from easy to super-herb-intensive), alcoholic nightcaps, tinctures, smoothies, and scented oil blends to help you cop some Zs. Of course, one person's cause of sleepless nights may not be trouble at all for someone else. If one solution or method isn't your bag of tea, chances are you'll find another remedy more suited to your needs — one you can easily make at home.

Now that I'm working on my herbal eBook series at least half-time, I'm making improvements more quickly and applying them to all books in the series. There's lots to learn in online publishing! Each book has challenged me to replicate what I've already learned, while improving on it. For a reference, how-to or recipe book like these, unlike in fiction, user-friendliness is especially important. People like convenience in our fast-paced world. Additionally, the Wild Brews series is about making positive changes for a healthier you — and if you're going to help somebody change a bad habit or three, well, you'd better make it as easy as possible.

Wild Brews for Dreamy Sleep is the fifth booklet I've written so far, destined to be uploaded in the next few days. It's the first to incorporate a hyperlinked Table of Contents, which allows you to jump around to different sections of the book, as well as links back to the Table of Contents at the end of each chapter. One of the benefits of eBooks is that you can jump quickly between different sections of the book, via hyperlinks. Sounds simple, but when you're just learning to format your online book, it's a big step! I chose to teach myself how to format my own books, rather than pay somebody to do it (via Fiverr, for instance). My reasons, besides being on a rock-bottom budget, are pride, a love of learning, and also self-sufficiency: What if I needed to finish a book in a pinch, and didn't want to be let down by the person I hired? Fortunately, there are tutorials for Smashwords and other online eBook platforms, which teach you how to format an online book. Now that I've figured out this helpful perk, I'll place hyperlinks in all previous Wild Brews eBooks. The ingredients may be wild, but I'm here to make herbalism tame enough, and fun enough, for every household!