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Forum: ePub 04-01-2015, 11:45 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,433
Posted By mtrahan
Wow, thanks guys. You are awesome. I did manage...

Wow, thanks guys. You are awesome. I did manage to convince the publishers to just use the same indent for all strangely aligned verses, but I will try RbnJrg’s solution a bit. It is quite impressive...
Forum: ePub 03-30-2015, 12:56 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,433
Posted By mtrahan
The table idea is pretty good, I didn’t even...

The table idea is pretty good, I didn’t even think about it, but that means creating A LOT of tables for not super safe results. Thanks for the input.
Forum: ePub 03-30-2015, 12:42 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,433
Posted By mtrahan
Poetry Verses Alignment Problem

Hey guys,

I’m facing a problem in a book of poetry and I’m afraid there is no perfect solution in ePub. It’s kinda hard to explain with my limited english, but there are many verses that are...
Forum: Writers' Corner 10-23-2013, 09:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,738
Posted By mtrahan
I'm from Canada and I work for a couple...

I'm from Canada and I work for a couple publishers who sell their ePub on iBookstore. We use a third-party aggregator to sell books through various bookstores and there's pretty much nothing special...
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-12-2013, 08:09 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,666
Posted By mtrahan
Yes, but the K3 has buttons. It's with touch...

Yes, but the K3 has buttons. It's with touch screens that highlighting problems arise.
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-12-2013, 02:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,672
Posted By mtrahan
I have an old Kindle 3 and all my books are...

I have an old Kindle 3 and all my books are pretty much in ePub format. I had the same doubts you have when I bought it. But I've been reading on this device for over 3 years and frankly, converting...
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-12-2013, 09:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,666
Posted By mtrahan
Well, I was kind of hoping to get some features...

Well, I was kind of hoping to get some features of the new generation, mainly because I thought the screen was better (less greyish, better contrast?) but I'm not too sure anymore after reading...
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-11-2013, 08:11 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,666
Posted By mtrahan
Oh, I didn't realize there was a system already...

Oh, I didn't realize there was a system already integrated by Amazon to clip web articles for the Kindle. Seems nice. I was hoping to use a system that was also working on the iPad (either Instapaper...
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-11-2013, 02:00 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,666
Posted By mtrahan
Oh! That is great news. Thanks for the...

Oh! That is great news. Thanks for the information!
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-11-2013, 01:36 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,666
Posted By mtrahan
Time for a new e-reader! Is Kindle the best one for Instapaper?

So it's time to replace my old Kindle 3. It served me well, I loved it from the start, but now the gray line stuck in the middle of the screen has been there for too long (over a year, but luckily it...
Forum: ePub 09-23-2013, 08:56 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
The guy who did the sample ePub with different...

The guy who did the sample ePub with different images scaled in the thread Tex2002ans found. Very useful. Right there:
Forum: ePub 09-22-2013, 08:27 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
Oh, thanks for this link! Following what he did...

Oh, thanks for this link! Following what he did in the sample ePub I managed to get my SVG apple to display correctly in iBooks:


<span style="display: inline-block; width: 1em;"><img alt=""...
Forum: ePub 09-22-2013, 06:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
By the way, for anyone from the future who's...

By the way, for anyone from the future who's looking for the answer, here's a post from Liz Castro (http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/2011/04/resizing-images-in-epub.html), who suggests putting the...
Forum: ePub 09-22-2013, 03:59 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
ePub gremlins, eh. I just know what you mean....

ePub gremlins, eh. I just know what you mean. This book is no good for my health!

I'll consider the two versions idea... I actually thought about it, because I can choose to add a version to be...
Forum: ePub 09-22-2013, 03:23 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
Yeah, 10 minutes ago I found a missing semicolon...

Yeah, 10 minutes ago I found a missing semicolon after a "border-collapse: collapse;"... I don't know if it was this, but I now get the image to scale down correctly in ADE.

Only problem is: it...
Forum: ePub 09-22-2013, 11:44 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
OK. Trying to please every e-reader around is...

OK. Trying to please every e-reader around is enough to literally drive a man crazy. I spent way too much time in this &%!&% ePub and every time I manage to get something working I seem to break...
Forum: ePub 09-21-2013, 04:26 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
Hey guys, Thanks again for the input. I...

Hey guys,

Thanks again for the input. I tried TypeLight to add the Apple glyph in the font PoP found to my Symbola subset. No luck so far, there's something I don't get and I don't have time to...
Forum: ePub 09-20-2013, 08:28 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
Could you please give me a bit more details? What...

Could you please give me a bit more details? What would it change?

Thank you.
Forum: ePub 09-19-2013, 06:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
So far so good with the embedded Symbola font. I...

So far so good with the embedded Symbola font. I manage to get all needed symbols. It works fine on iBooks and ADE. And on my old Kindle too.

See attached file for an example ePub. I did as...
Forum: ePub 09-19-2013, 03:27 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
Thank you very much for your help. I guess I'll...

Thank you very much for your help. I guess I'll first try to embed the 'Symbola' font suggested by grannyGrumpy. There seems to be everything I need there. Except the Apple logo that is—for that one...
Forum: ePub 09-18-2013, 04:48 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,515
Posted By mtrahan
Apple symbol and other special characters in ePub

Hi guys,

I'm working on a novel that happens to be full of special characters. It looks good on paper but I have no idea how to deal with these in ePub. Have a look:
...
Forum: ePub 03-28-2013, 03:42 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,080
Posted By mtrahan
That's it! Exactly what I was looking for! I just...

That's it! Exactly what I was looking for! I just tested this solution and it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot.
Forum: ePub 03-28-2013, 01:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,080
Posted By mtrahan
You mean exporting the manual overrides aswell?...

You mean exporting the manual overrides aswell? Usually I export the ePub WITHOUT the manual overrides to get a cleaner ePub, that's why I try to remove all the overrides first. I check them one by...
Forum: ePub 03-28-2013, 12:38 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,080
Posted By mtrahan
InDesign to ePub: Preflight question about "char width"

Hi guys,

I'm working on a 300 pages book that is a disaster in InDesign: the guy who made the print version barely used any style. That means, yes, that I have to do correctly the formatting all...
Forum: ePub 02-26-2013, 08:06 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,725
Posted By mtrahan
OK, good to know. Thank you all for your help—and...

OK, good to know. Thank you all for your help—and specially davidfor for checking my file. Much appreciated.

I will use SVG for now—for this book at least, because for a reason the author of the...
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