Using Calibre to publish

JBNY · 12-04-2009, 09:52 AM

Can Calibre be used to publish books or create ebooks if not in epub, mobi etc formats to begin with?

I have been reading this forum and the documentation for a few days and I still can not find any information on how to take html and turn it into an ebook.

For example how do I?

Use a TOC that is already generated within the html?
Use anchors to display where to start reading?
Specify height in <div> or <p> tags so the there is a break between a paragraph or the beginning of a chapter?
Specify that the first paragraph of a chapter should not be indented?

For example, this is all the stuff that is documented to help you create books in mobi format if using mobipocket creator but I can not find it for Calibre. Am I just missing it?

Thanks
-Joe

zelda_pinwheel · 12-04-2009, 09:56 AM

hi Joe,
Calibre is a *conversion* tool, but not an editor. when creating an ebook from zero, i recommend you use sigil, which is an epub editor (it has its own forum here) and which will allow you to define your css (div and p spacing), your TOC (toc editor), add anchors (directly edit the html code...) etc. you can also find a lot of information about creating epubs in the epub forum. and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

and since i see you are rather new, welcome to the forum ! there is lots of great info here and plenty of friendly, helpful people !

12-04-2009, 09:52 AM	#1
JBNY Member Posts: 21 Karma: 12 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindel, iPad	Using Calibre to publish Can Calibre be used to publish books or create ebooks if not in epub, mobi etc formats to begin with? I have been reading this forum and the documentation for a few days and I still can not find any information on how to take html and turn it into an ebook. For example how do I? Use a TOC that is already generated within the html? Use anchors to display where to start reading? Specify height in <div> or <p> tags so the there is a break between a paragraph or the beginning of a chapter? Specify that the first paragraph of a chapter should not be indented? For example, this is all the stuff that is documented to help you create books in mobi format if using mobipocket creator but I can not find it for Calibre. Am I just missing it? Thanks -Joe

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12-04-2009, 09:56 AM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hi Joe, Calibre is a conversion tool, but not an editor. when creating an ebook from zero, i recommend you use sigil, which is an epub editor (it has its own forum here) and which will allow you to define your css (div and p spacing), your TOC (toc editor), add anchors (directly edit the html code...) etc. you can also find a lot of information about creating epubs in the epub forum. and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. and since i see you are rather new, welcome to the forum ! there is lots of great info here and plenty of friendly, helpful people !

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