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heinrich66 · 05-03-2012, 08:54 AM

Hello, sages of Mobileread!

I have (what may be) an oddball question.

I have a book of poems that I would like to end up in KF8 format, and perhaps transitionally in ePub.

Each page has a distinctive vector 'page frame' like an antique picture frame. Inside the frame is a short poem of only a few lines. The poem (in print) uses a distinctive font that goes with the surrounding frame.

My wacky idea is that I might be able to have (2) SVGs -- one for the left-hand and one for the right-hand page frame. (Though this might be reduced to one given the electronic format.)

Then separately, the text of each poem is saved as an SVG of under 10 KB. The code for each page would 'call' the SVG page frame and display the separate SVG poem within it.

Is this workable or unworkable? Simple or insane?

While I have done print books, I have no real experience doing eBooks yet. It would be nice if I could represent each page as a pair of vector graphics (inner and outer) to preserve the appearance of each page. As long as the final ePub or KF8 file size is under the limit (to avoid Amazon 'transmission' cost)...

Any help would be appreciated!

05-03-2012, 08:54 AM	#1
heinrich66 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle	ePub (and KF8) from SVGs Hello, sages of Mobileread! I have (what may be) an oddball question. I have a book of poems that I would like to end up in KF8 format, and perhaps transitionally in ePub. Each page has a distinctive vector 'page frame' like an antique picture frame. Inside the frame is a short poem of only a few lines. The poem (in print) uses a distinctive font that goes with the surrounding frame. My wacky idea is that I might be able to have (2) SVGs -- one for the left-hand and one for the right-hand page frame. (Though this might be reduced to one given the electronic format.) Then separately, the text of each poem is saved as an SVG of under 10 KB. The code for each page would 'call' the SVG page frame and display the separate SVG poem within it. Is this workable or unworkable? Simple or insane? While I have done print books, I have no real experience doing eBooks yet. It would be nice if I could represent each page as a pair of vector graphics (inner and outer) to preserve the appearance of each page. As long as the final ePub or KF8 file size is under the limit (to avoid Amazon 'transmission' cost)... Any help would be appreciated!