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vootie · 02-24-2012, 06:48 AM

Thank you for both responses.

Yes, I understand that I can't go crazy in InDesign and hope to have it show up in an ePub, so I am being very conservative in the layout.

My question was really what application I should be checking it with before sending it off to BookBaby, not from a validation standpoint but from a formatting perspective. I found that ADE displayed some strange spacing between some paragraphs, while it looked fine in Sigil. And an Adobe tech went on record and said use "anything but" ADE to proof an ePub. Sounds like there is no definitive proofing tool.

Thanks for the CSS validation tool link, I wasn't aware of that. I can confirm that Lynda.com does indeed have one useful tutorial series devoted to creating ePubs with InDesign. Elizabeth Castro's From InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB and Kindle is also very good.

02-24-2012, 06:48 AM	#4
vootie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: none	Thank you for both responses. Yes, I understand that I can't go crazy in InDesign and hope to have it show up in an ePub, so I am being very conservative in the layout. My question was really what application I should be checking it with before sending it off to BookBaby, not from a validation standpoint but from a formatting perspective. I found that ADE displayed some strange spacing between some paragraphs, while it looked fine in Sigil. And an Adobe tech went on record and said use "anything but" ADE to proof an ePub. Sounds like there is no definitive proofing tool. Thanks for the CSS validation tool link, I wasn't aware of that. I can confirm that Lynda.com does indeed have one useful tutorial series devoted to creating ePubs with InDesign. Elizabeth Castro's From InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB and Kindle is also very good.