There are a couple of things you should consider before proceeding: If you are submitting your book to a publisher, they normally do not expect you to format the book or do any typesetting. That is their job. They just want the raw manuscript. In some cases, they may even insist that you use a particular generic font and not change default margins. Make sure you read their submission guidelines....

Calibre facilitates the management of your ebooks effortlessly. This is possible due to the steps we detail below. Adding Books to Your Library Calibre provides several options for adding new books to your library. Add books from a single directory: this option lets you choose to add books from a specified directory.Add books from directories and sub-directories: this lets you select a directory as an ebooks source. This option essentially scans a directory and all of its sub-directories for ebooks and adds them to your library....

While Google says they stopped scanning user emails in 2017, they still permit third-party apps to scan your emails when approved by the user. If you’re starting to think about migrating out of Gmail, here’s the easiest way to separate from the Google mothership and reclaim your privacy with the least amount of pain. 1. Establish a New Private Email Address Make sure you select an email service that respects your privacy....

If you want to move your Home folder to another partition, here is how you can do so. Creating a new partition Note: You can skip this step if you already has an existing external partition that you can use. Assuming that your computer has only one hard disk and it contains only one partition. To create a new partition, you have to first obtain a Ubuntu Live CD/USB and boot into it....

Use the Eject Option Most probably you will already know about this option, but it is still worth mentioning. Windows has a built-in “Eject” button to push the drive tray out. Unfortunately, it seems Microsoft forgot to aDD the option to close the tray, so you will still have to manually put it back inside after inserting the disc. Don’t try to use the “Eject” option again; it will not put it back inside (many have tried and failed)....

But this does not mean that protecting your login account with a password is useless, just that it’s meant more as a method of restricting access when you temporarily leave your desk. But what do you do if you want to make sure nobody can read your files while you leave your computer unattended for hours or days? Your Disks Have Their Own “Operating System” One solution to keep your data private is full disk encryption....

Here we have gathered a list of media players that can play (almost) every other formats. 1. VLC Media Player VLC is one player that need little or no introduction. If there is any media files that you can’t play, the first thing you must think of is VLC. From media formats like MP3, AC3, MPEG-3 to MPEG-4, H.264, DivX etc, VLC supports them all. It can also be used to convert media files from one format to another, and improve the compression ratio....

For Android devices, there is an app that you can use to prevent it. What this app does is ask for a confirmation before you dial a phone number from your device. So when pocket dialling takes place, the app will first require your confirmation before the phone number gets dialled. That should work for you to prevent unwanted call a on your device. Here’s how it works. Preventing Pocket Dialling on an Android Device In order to do the task you are going to use an app called Call Confirm that is available free of charge on the official Google Play store....

MacDefender isn’t a virus, but a fake antivurus that tries to get you to install it to your system. If it succeeds, it then either tells you your system has already been infected, or shows you fake evidence that your system already has a virus. It asks you to buy the full version of MacDefender with your credit card to fix all your problems and get your Mac running normally again....

Xiaomi Devices Running MIUI 11 The latest update to Xiaomi’s MIUI software has made disabling ads a lot easier. To check whether or not your Xiaomi phone or tablet is running MIUI 11, open your Settings app and tap on “My device”. On the next screen, find “MIUI version”. If it says MIUI 11, then you’re running the latest version of MIUI. If it doesn’t say MIUI 11, you can always try to upgrade your software....

What this actually means is that, in most cases, instead of having to move the top and left sides of a window to a desired location and resize the rest using the bottom tab according, you can simply resize windows from the left, top, bottom or any other edge to move your window around. This new approach is far more convenient, but in addition to this behaviour, you can also use several quick and easy modifications to enhance your windows resizing efforts....

Click this clock icon and it will prompt you to “Add year”. Once you have added the year, it will then prompt you to enter the month, day, hour and minute, one at a time. Lastly, after you have set the time, click the Schedule button to schedule your post. That’s it. Facebook might be slow in introducing this scheduling feature, but it is better late than never. The question is, for those of you who are used to relying on third party apps to update your Facebook page, will you switch to the Facebook native scheduling tool to update your page?...

Recently, in iOS 12, Apple introduced a new app known as “Shortcuts” which allows you to set shortcuts on your iPhone. Shortcuts can be downloaded both from the app’s Gallery or, can be custom-created / downloaded in the app. Using the Shortcuts feature, you can schedule sending text messages on your iPhone. The only downside to this method is that as it’s a work-around and isn’t directly integrated into the Messages app – you need to make sure the Shortcuts app on your phone is running in the background....

In order for this to work, you must have enabled the Web Interface on your machine. To do that, simply follow these steps: Enabling the Web Interface Click on Launchpad in your dock and search for and click on “Terminal”. It will launch the Terminal app for you. When the app launches, type in the following command and press Enter. It tells the Terminal app to enable the web interface on your machine....

Terminology Thunderbird, by itself, does not come with the capability to encrypt your email. However, with the help of PGP/GPG and enigmail, you can easily encrypt your email in Thunderbird. PGP PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is the protocol used to encrypt emails. GPG GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is the software that implements PGP. Enigmail Enigmail is a Thunderbird extension that connects to GPG to implements the encryption. Installation To get started, we need to first install GPG and Enigmail on our computer....

What You Need to Know Before Sending Videos on Discord Uploading videos on Discord is pretty simple. However, you must consider the following parameters before sending a video file over Discord: Discord users can upload 8 MB or below video files via direct message or chat channel.For larger files, subscribing to Discord Nitro will allow a video upload of up to 50 MB. Discord only supports the following video file types: ....

To be more specific we’ll go over how to use the alternative driver, the SteamOS patched driver, configuring the controller with specific tools, tweaking it, etc. If you’re a Linux gamer and the Xbox One controller is your go-to, you may want to keep on reading! Let’s get started! Using Xbox DRV If you want to get the XboxDRV driver installed on Ubuntu, open up a terminal and enter the following command: Once the driver is installed, everything should be mostly set up....

The Needs For PGP Encryption With free services like Google’s Gmail, a good rule of thumb is to always assume that all your emails are read or at least checked by AI bots for keywords. That is why you need to encrypt your email, so that they are only read by you and the intended recipients. ProtonMail comes with PGP encryption by default so that you can easily encrypt your emails....

What Is Two-Factor Authentication? Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an extra layer of protection added to ensure that those trying to get access to an account are who they say they are. First, your password and username are entered. Then, instead of instantly gaining access to the account, you are required to provide another piece of information – for example, a code. You can get the code via text messages or a specialized authenticator app that you can install on your mobile device....

Install Google Authenticator on Android To start, you’re going to need the Google Authenticator app for your Android device. It’s a simple app for generating authentication codes that correspond to linked devices. Install Google Authenticator on Linux With Google Authenticator installed on your phone, it’s time to set it up on your Linux desktop. There’s a package that you need to install in order to integrate Linux’s existing authentication system with the Google Authenticator....