Do we need an ePub sub-forum in E-Book Uploads? Since the Sony Reader is the only native reader, it might be appropriate to place ePub uploads there but eventually I think they should have their own sub-forum.
--MH

Do we need an ePub sub-forum in E-Book Uploads? Since the Sony Reader is the only native reader, it might be appropriate to place ePub uploads there but eventually I think they should have their own sub-forum.
--MH

None of the other formats have a sub-forum. Why would the ePub need one??

I think you misunderstood. Yes the other formats do have their own subforum. It's just not quite explicitly spelled out.

I think currently they should go in the "Other Books" Sub-Forum. There are no epub books there today, so a dedicated sub-forum may be needed eventually but not yet.

I think you misunderstood. Yes the other formats do have their own subforum. It's just not quite explicitly spelled out.

Where are they lisited?? Or are they listed?? I don't see them on the main forum page.

We originally had the LRF subforum to upload eBook for the 500/505. Then because of the iLiad and other devices that read Mobipocket eBooks, we had enough people creating eBooks in Mobipocket format. So that got it's own subforum. Then we had enough people creating IMP format eBooks so that got it's own subforum. Once we find there are enough ePub eBooks here to warrent a subforum, one will be created and all the eBooks moved over.

Where are they lisited?? Or are they listed?? I don't see them on the main forum page.

Mobi and IMP are both formats that are listed with their own forums.

I hope people start making books in ePub, but I do agree with Wallcraft that they do not need their own forum until we actually have some.

I also agree that they should go in the Other forum for now, and not in the Sony (BBeB/LRF) forum. Lots of people can read ePub files on platforms other than Sony, using Adobe DE, FBReader and Stanza.

Jack

Oh ..... you're talking about the book upload areas?? I guess when I hear the word "forum" I think more about discussions than uploads.

I suppose if people start uploading books in epub format then it would be good for it to have its own upload area. Sure.

Do we need an ePub sub-forum in E-Book Uploads? Since the Sony Reader is the only native reader, it might be appropriate to place ePub uploads there but eventually I think they should have their own sub-forum.
--MH

What tools do you have that can create ePub format books?

What tools do you have that can create ePub format books?

there's the feedbooks interface to start with, and i believe there are other tools available, i've seen them mentioned in posts. also, i believe that Adobe InDesign can output to epub format.

What tools do you have that can create ePub format books?
Check out MR wiki regarding ePub (http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EPUB).

There is a bit of a shortage of any decent tools though. There's certainly nothing like Mobipocket Creator (that I know of) and Rector is totally vapourware at the moment, it hasn't had a single release.

There is a shortage of tools. The most basic is oeb2epub, which would allow many of the MOBI ebooks uploaded here to be easily converted to ePub (since they are OEBs before they are MOBIs). MishaS's version of oeb2epub does not create a toc.ncx file, and so has no TOC in Adobe Digital Editions. There does not seem to be a way to upload an OEB file to Feedbooks, so the web-based approach is also out for now.

Calibre will probably soon have an oeb2epub, and that may be the first easy way to create ePubs. They will actually be OEB compatible ePubs, i.e. using a subset of ePubs capabilities. It would be relatively easy, though, to add a CSS file to give a "house style" to your ePub ebooks.

What tools do you have that can create ePub format books?

Unlike other formats, you don't necessarily need format-specific tools. An Epub book just consists of files in text-based formats (XHTML+CSS, OPF, NCX, SVG) and standard raster image formats (JPEG, PNG) wrapped in a ZIP archive. Just zip up your HTML and run epubcheck to make sure everything is kosher :).

Check out MR wiki regarding ePub (http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EPUB).

MishaS, are there tools to convert from epub to some other format, e.d. HTML?

Being unable to currently read epub but having a book in that format, I would like to get it to Mobipocket format.

MishaS, are there tools to convert from epub to some other format, e.d. HTML?

Being unable to currently read epub but having a book in that format, I would like to get it to Mobipocket format.


MobiDesktop 6.2 will convert Epub.

MishaS, are there tools to convert from epub to some other format, e.d. HTML?

There's a lovely tool called 'unzip' which will convert Epub to HTML for you ;-).

MishaS, are there tools to convert from epub to some other format, e.d. HTML?

Being unable to currently read epub but having a book in that format, I would like to get it to Mobipocket format.
ePub is HTML inside. So basically in majority of the cases it would be enough to just 'unzip <file>.epub' into an empty directory and check out the contents of OEBPS directory.

Being unable to currently read epub but having a book in that format, I would like to get it to Mobipocket format. The latest mobigen (Windows or Linux) and Windows Mobipocket Reader will import ePub and output MOBI. This does not always work well, and it does not currently convert the toc.ncx to a usable TOC, but it is worth trying.

The latest mobigen (Windows or Linux) and Windows Mobipocket Reader will import ePub and output MOBI. This does not always work well, and it does not currently convert the toc.ncx to a usable TOC, but it is worth trying.

Thanks, wallcraft, & everyone else. I wasn't aware that Mobipocket Reader would "output" anything. Thought it just allowed you to read. I'll check it out.:2thumbsup

MishaS, are there tools to convert from epub to some other format, e.d. HTML?

Being unable to currently read epub but having a book in that format, I would like to get it to Mobipocket format.

If it is not DRM'd then you just rename the extension to .zip and then unzip it.

Dale

Mobipocket Reader for the PC V 6.2 can import ePub non protected eBooks into Mobipocket eBooks.

The test I have made between a Feedbook’s ePub eBook converted this way and the same eBook in Feebook but in Mobipocket format and, the result was they looked very similar.
One thing do, images in colour where converted to black and white.

PS: sorry I posted the answer after just reading the first page of messages, my apology for repeating the answer.

MishaS, are there tools to convert from epub to some other format, e.d. HTML?

Being unable to currently read epub but having a book in that format, I would like to get it to Mobipocket format.
Try Calibre's epub2lrf to format shift an ePub eBook without DRM.

Try Calibre's epub2lrf to format shift an ePub eBook without DRM.

The HTML->LRF engine has a few issues but it isn't that bad ;).

The HTML->LRF engine has a few issues but it isn't that bad ;).
Are these issues going to be fixed at some point?

Are these issues going to be fixed at some point?

Oh, that was a joke based on the typo in "shift" you originally had there. To answer the question seriously anyway, I don't know -- fixing most of the specific outstanding issues I know of would mean replacing most of the HTML->LRF rendering engine with something which actually groks the CSS inheritance rules and HTML block model. Now that the 505 has native HTML support via EPUB I'm not sure it's worth it.

So are we going to get html2epub?