Help with an epub using indesign cs6

Hi there guys and gals I need some help trying to make an epub for my wives book. The problem is that my wifes book consist of pictures with the words in them. Im trying to make it so we can try and publish it. the problem is im not sure what the right formatting would be to use in indesign please feel free to message me on here with either videos or even links to information that possibly help.

Video: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-suite-podcast-designers/how-to-maintain-formatting-when -exporting-your-epub-from-indesign-cs6/
Link: http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/export-content-epub-cs6.html

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Kindle Previewer v2.4 -- a tool that emulates how books display on Kindle devices and applications. Kindle Previewer makes it easy to preview the layout of a book and make sure its text displays properly for any orientation or font size. This tool is recommended for publishers, eBook conversion companies, and individual authors in combination with KindleGen to produce the highest quality Kindle books. It is available for both Windows and Mac OS X platforms.
Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign® v0.96 (Beta) -- a plug-in which can be used to convert documents or books created in Adobe InDesign® to Kindle format. For more information on creating books for the Kindle platform from Adobe InDesign®, please see the Publishing Guidelines for Kindle Plugin for Adobe InDesign® available for download in PDF, Kindle and Adobe InDesign® formats.
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