07-21-2011, 03:20 AM | #1 |
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Linked endnotes in epub
I have a non-fiction book with a heap of endnote-references throughout. I'm splitting the book into separate xhtml files by chapter, and want the endnote-references to act as links to the relevant endnote in the 'Endnotes' chapter. I'd also need this to link back to the reference in the chapter. I have hundreds of endnotes and I'm trying to find the best/quickest way to do this is.
I'm working in IDCS5.5 and Textwrangler. This may be something better done on a code level or in Dreamweaver (which I have access to) - either way, any insights for a suggested approach would be much appreciated! |
07-21-2011, 07:47 AM | #2 |
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One reason for putting the endnotes at the end of each chapter would be to avoid having to dump the current chapter, open the endnotes, and repeat in reverse to get back. On some readers, like my BeBook, the chapter opening delay can get annoying. I think, but I'm not sure, that the anchor code will be simpler, as well.
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07-21-2011, 07:27 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for the reply pholy. I can understand having endnotes at the end of chapters, but in this case I'd like to stick to the pbook format. In either case, I have looked at how to manually code the links with anchors - but am hoping there is a more efficient solution. Working with hundreds of endnotes, the time involved isn't really viable (unless there is a clever workflow/find replace/grep trick to make this quicker).
I'd be surprised if no one has built a script for such a thing. |
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It depends on your source code. Usually I can do it via some RegExp. My Word macro for HTML does it automatically.
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This is one area where I've found it's easiest to compose the document in Word (which will fill in the links for you on endnotes) and then export to ePub using Atlantis Word Processor, which will preserve the endnote links. The result still needs to be cleaned up in Sigil (mostly to convert paragraph margins to em and to fix a few other things), but it's very usable.
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@pholy: Another thing why I wouldn't put endnots at th end of a chapter would be the time I need to get to the next one. if you don't need the endnotes you would be required to flip trough them for the next chapter.
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Thank you DaleDe -
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The proper way to do it is all the endnotes in one file with a style that does a pagebreak so when you go to the endnote, it is the only one shown. Quote:
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Please, don't put this document into Word. You have a rather good chance of having problems due tot he mess Word can make of it.
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I tend to put the linked endnotes immediately following the appropriate chapter/section, but I also provide a link at the very beginning of those notes (or more often at the end of the previous chapter) to jump past the notes to the next chapter/section.
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It's the author and editors choice where endnotes go in each specific book. I'm not an editor so I'm not entering a debate on the pros and cons of placement. I merely want an effective way to turn hundreds of endnotes into links (with return links), wherever they are in the document.
Specifically, I'd like to know if there is a good way to do this in IDCS5.5 or in xhtml (GREP, custom built scripts, find and replace - anything quicker than manually adding links to/returning to the endote references!) @JSWolf, "The proper way to do it is all the endnotes in one file with a style that does a pagebreak so when you go to the endnote, it is the only one shown." This sounds great! Any suggestions on how this is done? Any tips on how to do this quickly in a book with hundreds of endnotes? |
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