Sigil for large books?

richinri · 05-14-2013, 01:13 AM

I have a project that is requiring the formatting of a large book (bible size) and before I start, does anyone know if Sigil can handle it or am I heading for a problem?

Richard

pynch · 05-14-2013, 01:25 AM

Welcome to MobileRead, richinri.

Sigil can handle it. I regularly use it to work on epubs with several thousand “pages”. But in case you prefer to have each chapter in a separate html file, you should split them late in the process, because Sigil tends to open epubs with too many html files very slowly.

richinri · 05-14-2013, 09:36 PM

Thank you for the reply and tip!

Turtle91 · 05-15-2013, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pynch

Welcome to MobileRead, richinri.

Sigil can handle it. I regularly use it to work on epubs with several thousand “pages”. But in case you prefer to have each chapter in a separate html file, you should split them late in the process, because Sigil tends to open epubs with too many html files very slowly.

There is definitely a trade off here. I've noticed sigil is much slower when switching between tabs if the tab you are moving to is a large HTML. So choose your poison - slower to open initially with lots of tabs, but faster to work in...or faster to open initially, but slower to work in.

pynch · 05-15-2013, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

There is definitely a trade off here. I've noticed sigil is much slower when switching between tabs if the tab you are moving to is a large HTML. So choose your poison - slower to open initially with lots of tabs, but faster to work in...or faster to open initially, but slower to work in.

I never had this problem, but I mostly work in code view. Might be worse in book view.

EDIT:
Let me be more precise: I do have this problem if html files are about 2mb in size, but it works fine with 260kb files (= the maximum size that Sony readers accept).

corroonb · 05-19-2013, 08:56 AM

Sigil will open very large files but it takes a very long time and can appear to have crashed. Just be patient (I had to learn this the hard way).

05-14-2013, 01:13 AM	#1
richinri Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: none	Sigil for large books? I have a project that is requiring the formatting of a large book (bible size) and before I start, does anyone know if Sigil can handle it or am I heading for a problem? Richard

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05-14-2013, 01:25 AM	#2
pynch why in? Posts: 1,620 Karma: 28802432 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Aura	Welcome to MobileRead, richinri. Sigil can handle it. I regularly use it to work on epubs with several thousand “pages”. But in case you prefer to have each chapter in a separate html file, you should split them late in the process, because Sigil tends to open epubs with too many html files very slowly.

05-14-2013, 09:36 PM	#3
richinri Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: none	Thank you for the reply and tip!

05-19-2013, 08:56 AM	#6
corroonb Addict Posts: 317 Karma: 1232685 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura, Nexus 9	Sigil will open very large files but it takes a very long time and can appear to have crashed. Just be patient (I had to learn this the hard way).