Re: How to create eBooks in ePub format?

On 12/29/09, Tom Peters <tapinformation-/[email protected]> wrote:
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> Here's my first dumb question of the day (it's still early):  If some
> small, impecunious publisher wannabe (me) would like to create and
> disseminate reports, monthly newsletters, and eBooks in ePub format, what
> are the options?  What software is required?  Is it better to first create
> the document in, say, a wordprocessor, then convert it to ePub format, or
> create the document natively in ePub?
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> As you've already guessed, I'm clueless about how to actually create
> documents in ePub format.


EPub is compressed HTML, with some metadata that tells an ePub reader how to
read it. If you take a (non-DRM'd) ePub file, rename the extension to .zip,
you can unzip it and see how it's put together. EPub as a standard allows a
lot of options--but some ePub readers can't deal with all of them. Good ePub
files require good CSS skills.

Sigil is one ePub editing program that's actively being worked on; it's
available at http://code.google.com/p/sigil/


TIA for any enlightenment you can provide.
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