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Step-By-Step Guide to ePub creation
I'm interested in learning how to manually create ePub format books but am having difficulty in finding information on what exactly I need to do.
I've looked through the forums to see if anyone has created a guide, but I can't see one. Can some point me in the direction of a guide. I know there are tools (like Calibre) but I would like to be able to understand what they create as I will need to customise them after creation. Also I enjoy the manual work needed to create them. I always find more satisfaction in doing the work myself. Any help is appreciated. |
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Don't know if any of this will be of help or not...
Here is the format spec... http://www.openebook.org/2007/opf/OP...inal_spec.html Here is the packaging spec... http://www.openebook.org/2007/ops/OP...inal_spec.html Here's a write up done on Teleread that might have some useful info... http://www.teleread.org/2007/10/31/e...epub-creation/ Also the Mobil Read Wiki has some good info... https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EPUB I know it's not really the step-by-step guide you asked for, but I don't think I've seen one. |
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Something I originally posted on TeleRead some time ago:
http://www.zianet.com/jgray/articles...ad1/index.html |
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What I used when I started with ePUB: http://www.jedisaber.com/eBooks/tutorial.asp
And little by little I've added some tweaks to my ePUB files. You can unzip one of them ("The Prince and the Pauper" is a good one, since it has embedded fonts too) and see how it's done. They are all hand-written, so everything there is is there because I added it (not because it's the default of some program). The only thing missing is creating the final zip file. I pack the mimetype file without compression (zip mybook.epub -0 mimetype) and then add the rest of the files (zip mybook.epub -rDX9 META-INF OEPBS). Last edited by Jellby; 03-25-2009 at 07:40 AM. |
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Thanks guys,
That lot looks to be able to provide me with a fair bit of info and if I reverse engineer an ePub file, should get enough info. |
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Try this: The Prince and the Pauper.
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Anyone else having this issue? Jellby -- is the tag that you used treat the image like text? Thanks |
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anyone having problems with the link - i've been trying to access the tutorial without much luck ... ![]() |
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I just tried now, it works for me.
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Yep, thanks Jellby can access this Okay now .
I've been looking at others this morning and it's surprisingly "straight-forward" ..... :chuckles: My only problem now is I currently use ADE to look at my productions and so far I have a 'problem' with one file that Sigil created and is okay according to Valloric.... |
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Hi Jellby,
I had a look at your Prince & Pauper ePub and it seems to offer the embedded font as an alternative addition to the main style sheets — with the alt.css being called from within the style.css (presumably when embedded fonts are supported) — is that right? I'd love to use this approach in the ePubs I'm working on. Is it as simple as it looks? (main css, alternative css and embedded fonts in OEBPS; then referencing all these in the Manifest) — Or are there complexities I'm missing? Many thanks for any advice you care to offer. d. |
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The only reason for putting the embedded fonts stuff in a separate CSS file was to make it easier to disable it if needed, just by commenting out the @import line in style.css. Other solutions would imply a larger edit of CSS files, or modifying every XHTML file. |
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Floating images in ID will end up at the bottom. Solution: select the image and cut it, then paste it into the text so it becomes an in-line graphic. Paste your caption right below it in its own paragraph. They will now both flow with the text and anchor into position. It's best to have the graphic in its own paragraph.
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