Confused about how to convert a certain book

ficbot · 10-02-2012, 10:43 PM

I am trying to download an open-source book off this website:

http://opensiddur.org/2011/08/an-abr...tz-mayer-1866/

The explanation says this: "In preparing this edition, I transcribed the text and formatted it in STML (Sacred Text Markup Language), a format developed by J.B. Hare z”l, founder of the Sacred Texts Internet Archive. Hare used STML as an intermediary format for converting transcribed texts to HTML. Efraim Feinstein, lead developer of the Open Siddur Project, further developed STML as an intermediary format for converting transcribed texts to JLPTEI, the XML schema we use to markup Jewish liturgy and liturgy-related work for the Open Siddur’s database."

The resultant download option is in the txt format, but when I opened it with a text editor, it appeared to have markup in it which would likely format it somehow when opened in the right program. I downloaded it again and saved it as a .html file, then tried to convert that to mobi, and got weird characters everywhere.

What format is this book? How can I best convert it to read on my Kindle?

Adoby · 10-03-2012, 05:19 AM

Download the Kindle version of the original scans? There was a link on the page.

http://archive.org/details/hoursofdevotionb00neudrich

Tex2002ans · 10-03-2012, 09:30 PM

I put this version together for you very quickly.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wsdtv5a4p509add

I ran a regular expression to remove everything between the curly brackets { }, then combined the paragraphs which started with lowercase letters, and added p tags around everything. I also added blockquotes around the two "poems".

While not perfect, this HTML file should give you a much better output in calibre.

As a side note, the original "STML" file seemed to just be some sort of markup in order to help transcribe texts. Most likely to make it easier to do side by side comparisons between the original/transcribed pages/paragraphs.

ficbot · 10-14-2012, 02:52 PM

Tex2002ans, just saw your reply and downloaded the file. Thanks SO much! I am going to see how nice of an epub I can make and then I will post it here. Thanks!

10-02-2012, 10:43 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Confused about how to convert a certain book I am trying to download an open-source book off this website: http://opensiddur.org/2011/08/an-abr...tz-mayer-1866/ The explanation says this: "In preparing this edition, I transcribed the text and formatted it in STML (Sacred Text Markup Language), a format developed by J.B. Hare z”l, founder of the Sacred Texts Internet Archive. Hare used STML as an intermediary format for converting transcribed texts to HTML. Efraim Feinstein, lead developer of the Open Siddur Project, further developed STML as an intermediary format for converting transcribed texts to JLPTEI, the XML schema we use to markup Jewish liturgy and liturgy-related work for the Open Siddur’s database." The resultant download option is in the txt format, but when I opened it with a text editor, it appeared to have markup in it which would likely format it somehow when opened in the right program. I downloaded it again and saved it as a .html file, then tried to convert that to mobi, and got weird characters everywhere. What format is this book? How can I best convert it to read on my Kindle?

10-03-2012, 09:30 PM	#3
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,297 Karma: 12126329 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	I put this version together for you very quickly. http://www.mediafire.com/?wsdtv5a4p509add I ran a regular expression to remove everything between the curly brackets { }, then combined the paragraphs which started with lowercase letters, and added p tags around everything. I also added blockquotes around the two "poems". While not perfect, this HTML file should give you a much better output in calibre. As a side note, the original "STML" file seemed to just be some sort of markup in order to help transcribe texts. Most likely to make it easier to do side by side comparisons between the original/transcribed pages/paragraphs. Last edited by Tex2002ans; 10-03-2012 at 09:35 PM.

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10-03-2012, 05:19 AM	#2
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	Download the Kindle version of the original scans? There was a link on the page. http://archive.org/details/hoursofdevotionb00neudrich

10-14-2012, 02:52 PM	#4
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Tex2002ans, just saw your reply and downloaded the file. Thanks SO much! I am going to see how nice of an epub I can make and then I will post it here. Thanks!

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