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Forum: Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 12-28-2020, 02:34 PM
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Views: 382
Posted By Derek R
Truelove's Journal: A Bookshop Novella

The new owner of a shop discovers his predecessor’s journal and embarks on an emotional journey that will change the course of his own life. As he reads the bookseller’s diary he becomes gripped by a...
Forum: Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 10-23-2020, 07:28 AM
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Views: 1,032
Posted By Derek R
What's the best you can do?: First-hand Recollections of a Second-hand Bookseller

If you happen to harbour a vague romantic notion of some day opening your own second-hand bookshop where the artistic intelligentsia would congregate to discuss highbrow matters and engage in witty...
Forum: Sigil 10-21-2020, 06:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Thank you

Thank you
Forum: Sigil 10-21-2020, 10:51 AM
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Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
No, thank you for helping me to realise my error!

No, thank you for helping me to realise my error!
Forum: Sigil 10-21-2020, 09:02 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
BeckyEbook and DiapDealer - if ever there were a...

BeckyEbook and DiapDealer - if ever there were a glitch, it is me. I had named the file extension .xhml, completely missing out the "t". I put it down to being very, very old and trying to work...
Forum: Sigil 10-21-2020, 07:46 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
As mentioned previously, the file with the issue...

As mentioned previously, the file with the issue is whats-the-best.xhtml
It seems innocuous enough.
Forum: Sigil 10-21-2020, 07:09 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Ah! GrannyGrump - that's exactly where the file...

Ah! GrannyGrump - that's exactly where the file was! - I didn't notice the little arrow appear for a drop down view. How did you deal with the files to get them into the Text folder?
Forum: Sigil 10-21-2020, 03:44 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Kevin, first, I haven't used Sigil in quite a...

Kevin, first, I haven't used Sigil in quite a while so hadn't realised that an added file wouldn't automatically open in the code window. The name of the wayward file is whats-the-best.xhtml....
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 07:26 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Okay, thanks to your questions I did a bit of...

Okay, thanks to your questions I did a bit of further testing and after several trials I discovered that the file would import under a different name, as JSWolf initially suggested. I have no idea...
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 06:47 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Yes, that is how I got around it too, but I'm...

Yes, that is how I got around it too, but I'm still puzzled as to why it can't be added as an existing file. I didn't have this problem in previous versions and not being able to easily toggle...
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 06:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
No, doesn't show up at all for whatever reason

No, doesn't show up at all for whatever reason
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 05:41 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
PS I have just had my file validated on WC3 and...

PS I have just had my file validated on WC3 and yet it will not appear in Sigil by adding it as an existing file. Very odd.
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 05:25 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Hello, Kevin, I was talking about the main window...

Hello, Kevin, I was talking about the main window that shows the code for the book. When you say you can modify html to work, what exactly do you mean? What I have done historically is to create an...
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 03:15 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Okay, I got it to load as an html file rather...

Okay, I got it to load as an html file rather than a xhtml extension. I'm really a bit confused about the difference to be honest. But presumably it is fine to create epubs from html files anyway?
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 03:07 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Thanks, but no, it doesn't want to load, even...

Thanks, but no, it doesn't want to load, even renamed. Other .xhtml files that I've loaded in the past (presumably successfully) are returning coding errors, but this one file won't load at all.
Forum: Sigil 10-20-2020, 02:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,993
Posted By Derek R
Add existing file error

I have just installed the latest Sigil version 1.3.0. Whenever I try to add a particular .xhtml file nothing happens. On a second attempt I get a message saying that the file already exists in the...
Forum: Kindle Formats 06-08-2014, 01:13 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,493
Posted By Derek R
I did search for the information using the "help"...

I did search for the information using the "help" facility but couldn't come up with the answer. Perhaps I was not using the appropriate terms. But you have answered that question, so thank you. I...
Forum: Kindle Formats 06-05-2014, 04:49 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,493
Posted By Derek R
Is an internal cover necessary in a mobi file uploaded to Kindle?

When I create an epub I convert it to a mobi file using Kindlegen. In the past I have always included a cover.xhtml file in the epub. Am I right in thinking that the internal cover file is redundant...
Forum: ePub 05-29-2014, 02:09 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
Roll on the hanging-punctuation property!

Roll on the hanging-punctuation property!
Forum: ePub 05-28-2014, 06:07 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
I haven't done tests in the wild, but the first...

I haven't done tests in the wild, but the first method using the "direction" properly displayed perfectly in my text/html editor. I couldn't get the second method to work in an html file, but it did...
Forum: ePub 05-28-2014, 02:53 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
Thank you, Jellby, I'll experiment with that...

Thank you, Jellby, I'll experiment with that tomorrow and see how it works.
Forum: ePub 05-28-2014, 02:49 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
It's hard to believe that something so relatively...

It's hard to believe that something so relatively simple is still so hard to crack, isn't it? And, yes, I did think about the above but now I'm inclined just to forget about the alignment in epubs...
Forum: ePub 05-28-2014, 07:39 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
Yes, Hitch, you are quite right - it dawned on me...

Yes, Hitch, you are quite right - it dawned on me after the last post (I'm a bit slow to recall these days). So I suppose its a choice between using a little extra left margin to lines or adding in...
Forum: ePub 05-28-2014, 04:22 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
P.S. Floated divs will also do the trick, of...

P.S. Floated divs will also do the trick, of course, but when I later import into Indesign to set up a hard copy version I've noticed that the program seems to ignore them.
Forum: ePub 05-28-2014, 04:01 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,290
Posted By Derek R
Rubén - the "hanging-punctuation property is...

Rubén - the "hanging-punctuation property is EXACTLY what is required. It is such a common feature in hard copy publications that it is surprising that the css isn't widely supported yet.

Hitch -...
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