[thelist] E-book authoring

[Chris Price]

The problem with PDF conversions isn't to do with Calibre it's the PDF. PDF is crap to convert from. 

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On 29 Aug 2013, at 19:18, "Simon MacDonald" <simonmacdonald at uk2.net> wrote:

> I agree about Calibre - I use it as a conversion tool, but it's a bit flaky
> on epub ->pdf conversions. 
> 
> I use Kindle's previewer - it allows you to see it in various Kindle device
> views and converts  epub to mobi on the fly .
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000234621
> 
> But again, Sigil is good - has a built in editor  or edits xhtml mode, but
> you have to code  your own css.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
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> I used this tutorial to build epub and mobi:
> http://www.jedisaber.com/eBooks/formatsource.shtml
> 
> I've hand coded the books I've produced so that I get precisely the result
> I'm after. The first one took ages but once I'd got a template it was much
> easier to do. Because its pure xhtml/css you could edit it in a standard
> html text editor but some of the formatting will be ignored. I use Calibre
> to convert ePub to mobi.
> 
> 
> On 29 August 2013 14:48, Barney Carroll <barney.carroll at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Can anybody recommended any decent material on how to format and 
>> structure epub with regards to what's applicable in the current e-reader
> market?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Barney Carroll
>> 
>> barney.carroll at gmail.com
>> +44 7429 177278
>> 
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