RE: Re: Automating creation of eBooks in Mobipocket format

If you have local capability to put up a Web Service you could have the
dedicated server "phone home" and request conversion from your local
machine. Also simplifies deployment because you don't have to worry about
getting it to run on the dedicated server with the restriction most hosting
companies have.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of brianblumus
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ebook-community] Re: Automating creation of eBooks in Mobipocket
format

I agree with you on Windows; I have two machines on my desk, one
running Windows XP and the other a Mac. But here I'm talking about a
dedicated server, which runs our website remotely using Linux, rather
than a desktop machine. 

I could definitely use WINE or even Mobipocket Creator if it we were
generating the eBooks locally. But the way our system works, every
time a user of our web-based software uploads text and clicks
"Publish," we automatically create HTML of the text which we then need
to turn into a Mobipocket formatted eBook.

Is there a way to generate Mobipocket eBooks this way? Will WINE work
on a remote Linux server? Is there a Linux based utility that will
convert from HTML to Mobipocket?

Thanks for help on this technical question.

Brian
www.bloggerce.com

--- In [email protected], Marion Gropen
<Marion.Gropen@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 5:55 PM, A. Lefkowitz wrote:
> 
> >     In today's world, regardless of operating system you prefer,  
> > having a Windows machine is a necessity. There are windows  
> > emulators available for linux, but the performance hit may not be  
> > to your liking.
> 
> 
> 
> Oh, I disagree.
> 
> There are some things that Mac machines don't do well (large scale  
> accounting systems for companies above the $10 million/year range,  
> perhaps).
> 
> There are some things that CAN'T be done on anything like a Windows  
> or Mac.
> 
> Most of the time, though, you can do pretty well with whatever OS  
> suits your fancy.
> 
> As for my credentials in this area: I started out in physics in the  
> 80s, programming on machines that ranged from the ones with punch  
> cards to the room-sized ones with spinning tape drives. I've worked  
> on boxes with a range of OS including DOS, Classic Mac, Mac OSX,  
> Windows (in various flavors including NT, but not Vista), and a  
> number of truly archaic IBM systems.
> 
> IMNHO, it's like accounting software, or shoes -- you have to pick  
> the ones you feel comfortable with, because if they pinch, it's awful.
> 
> Marion Gropen
> Gropen Associates, Inc.
> www.GropenAssoc.com
> Offering Financial Advice By-The-Question,
> Downloadable Profit-Enhancing Tools,
> and Classes to the Small Press Community.
>



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