Creating an ePub from scratch

miquele · 09-26-2012, 04:00 PM

Hi,
I'm not finding the thread again where someone pointed out how to go through the different steps from scanning, OCRing, Word editing and finally generating the ePub file.
What process flow do the experienced creators use?
Any pointers would be awesome.
Thanks,
miquele

pdurrant · 09-27-2012, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miquele

Hi,
I'm not finding the thread again where someone pointed out how to go through the different steps from scanning, OCRing, Word editing and finally generating the ePub file.
What process flow do the experienced creators use?
Any pointers would be awesome.
Thanks,
miquele

I would not recommend Word editing, unless there was some specific reason to do so (like lots of footnotes). And even then I'd be hesitant to use Word.

For editing & marking up the text I'd recommend either a text editor, or something like Sigil.

Toxaris · 09-27-2012, 05:43 AM

I scan in ABBYY, add semantics in Word (styles and alike), export from Word to clean HTML (with my macro) and do the touchup in Sigil.

I don't really bother with layout in Word, but just make sure that the style names are correct (corresponds to my CSS styles)

miquele · 10-03-2012, 11:46 AM

cool, thanks for the pointers, I guess the proof reading remains the hardest part ...

Jellby · 10-04-2012, 03:54 AM

But it's the part you can do on a couch, and you get to enjoy reading the book (if you can keep the concentration required for proofreading).

09-26-2012, 04:00 PM	#1
miquele Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 498122 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Europe Device: Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Kindle 3, Kindle PW, Kindle Voyage	Creating an ePub from scratch Hi, I'm not finding the thread again where someone pointed out how to go through the different steps from scanning, OCRing, Word editing and finally generating the ePub file. What process flow do the experienced creators use? Any pointers would be awesome. Thanks, miquele

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09-27-2012, 05:43 AM	#3
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I scan in ABBYY, add semantics in Word (styles and alike), export from Word to clean HTML (with my macro) and do the touchup in Sigil. I don't really bother with layout in Word, but just make sure that the style names are correct (corresponds to my CSS styles)

10-03-2012, 11:46 AM	#4
miquele Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 498122 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Europe Device: Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Kindle 3, Kindle PW, Kindle Voyage	cool, thanks for the pointers, I guess the proof reading remains the hardest part ...

10-04-2012, 03:54 AM	#5
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	But it's the part you can do on a couch, and you get to enjoy reading the book (if you can keep the concentration required for proofreading).

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