ePub editing tool - Page 2

WillAdams · 10-13-2009, 07:37 AM

The problem is InDesign is built around the concept of a fixed-size page layout and hard-coded font sizes, but it has others sizes built into certain structures (e.g., tables).

If one were to layout a document on a page which approximated the size of a typical ebook reader, the results are much more readable. Not perfect, but at readable and workable.

Best thing is to encode the entire document in a sensible form of XML which can capture all nuances of the text such as TEI and then convert to dump into both ID and epub.

William

pdurrant · 10-13-2009, 07:38 AM

Does the InDesign generated ePub pass epubcheck? If so, it's a bug in Sigil. If not, it may still be a bug in Sigil. Raise an issue and attach the document.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyberbaffled

Sigil won't open an epub file generated by InDesign CS4; which should be an authoritative epub code generator.

gazza · 10-16-2009, 01:05 AM

I see pdurrant is using:
“It is good that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good.” — Thomas Babbington Macauley
This is a splendid quotation but we should, perhaps, set the scene.
Macauley was speaking in parliament AGAINST the extension of copyright, not in favor of it.
It wonders me what Macauley would think of the current beggar's muddle where we have Internet booksellers being told, yes, you can sell it in the United States, but not in Australia. No reason given but I presume it is because Australians are loud, beer drinking people with small regard for pettifogging laws. I am an Australian although, at the moment, I am in Thailand.

Gareth Powell

pdurrant · 10-16-2009, 03:27 AM

Contracts giving certain publishers regional rights is a distinct issue to copyright length.

Regional restrictions on ebooks have two parts

(i) existing contracts between the copyright holders and the publishers
(ii) the ruling that for electronic sales the sale location is the customer's location, not the retailer's.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gazza

what Macauley would think of the current beggar's muddle where we have Internet booksellers being told, yes, you can sell it in the United States, but not in Australia. No reason given but I presume it is because Australians are loud, beer drinking people with small regard for pettifogging laws. I am an Australian although, at the moment, I am in Thailand.

Gareth Powell

cyberbaffled · 10-16-2009, 12:06 PM

Mark,

I just found this out researching my .epub OEPBS folder.

Thanks.

Richard

cyberbaffled · 10-16-2009, 12:11 PM

Oops! Thanks Brian. Mark was from Mark Twain.

cyberbaffled · 10-16-2009, 12:15 PM

Zelda,

As I mentioned in a previous post I couldn't get sigil to open my .epub file, but a perfect solution turns out to be Adobe Lab's "PBFXML Inspector".

Thanks again. Richard

cyberbaffled · 10-16-2009, 12:16 PM

Brian,

Brian,

As I mentioned in a previous post I couldn't get sigil to open my .epub file, but a perfect solution turns out to be Adobe Lab's "PBFXML Inspector".

Thanks again. Richard

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10-13-2009, 07:37 AM	#16
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,234 Karma: 3350652 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	The problem is InDesign is built around the concept of a fixed-size page layout and hard-coded font sizes, but it has others sizes built into certain structures (e.g., tables). If one were to layout a document on a page which approximated the size of a typical ebook reader, the results are much more readable. Not perfect, but at readable and workable. Best thing is to encode the entire document in a sensible form of XML which can capture all nuances of the text such as TEI and then convert to dump into both ID and epub. William

10-16-2009, 01:05 AM	#18
gazza Member Posts: 10 Karma: 15 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: iPod Touch	I see pdurrant is using: “It is good that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good.” — Thomas Babbington Macauley This is a splendid quotation but we should, perhaps, set the scene. Macauley was speaking in parliament AGAINST the extension of copyright, not in favor of it. It wonders me what Macauley would think of the current beggar's muddle where we have Internet booksellers being told, yes, you can sell it in the United States, but not in Australia. No reason given but I presume it is because Australians are loud, beer drinking people with small regard for pettifogging laws. I am an Australian although, at the moment, I am in Thailand. Gareth Powell

10-16-2009, 12:06 PM	#20
cyberbaffled Author&Publisher Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Kindle	Mark, I just found this out researching my .epub OEPBS folder. Thanks. Richard

10-16-2009, 12:11 PM	#21
cyberbaffled Author&Publisher Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Kindle	Oops! Thanks Brian. Mark was from Mark Twain.

10-16-2009, 12:15 PM	#22
cyberbaffled Author&Publisher Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Kindle	Zelda, As I mentioned in a previous post I couldn't get sigil to open my .epub file, but a perfect solution turns out to be Adobe Lab's "PBFXML Inspector". Thanks again. Richard

10-16-2009, 12:16 PM	#23
cyberbaffled Author&Publisher Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Kindle	Brian, Brian, As I mentioned in a previous post I couldn't get sigil to open my .epub file, but a perfect solution turns out to be Adobe Lab's "PBFXML Inspector". Thanks again. Richard