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Originally Posted by st_albert
Just to be clear:
Also, I have seen it stated by several people that Mobipocket Creator (MS-windows only?) can also convert from epub, but I have not been able to make that work for me.
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- Make sure you ONLY use headers h1-h2-h3 for the TOC entries you want (reason for this later, or use 9a, below);
- Make your entire ePUB in Sigil, importing your html files as you go, using the "add existing item" option.
- Finish up your ePUB, don't bother adding the Cover page.
- Download MobiPocket Creator. Install.
- Unzip your ePUB.
- Double-click the OPF.
- KA-BLAMMO!! Your entire book will open in front of you in MobiPocket Creator.
- Drag-n-drop your cover into MBP Creator.
- Use MBP Creator to make a html.TOC with headers 1-2-3 only, or,
- Alternative: Point MPCreator to an existing html.toc by editing the Guide Properties section. (n.b.--the toc.ncx will already be in the appropriate folder inside the "My Publications" folder of your MBPCreator dir)
- Click "Build."
- KA-BLAMMO! You have a fully-functional PRC file.
And that is the Hitch Quick-n-Dirty Learner's Permit How-To for using an ePUB to make a PRC file. My commercial process isn't actually like this; I make MOBI's, which I create using ePUBs->NoteTab clip->Previewer, but this process
does work. I haven't done it this way in a while, but I believe this is right.
There are some Kindle quirks you have to account for, of course; certain CSS is blithely ignored by KindleGen/MobiGen; you have to hard-code images to the size you want them to display, or they are enlarged to the size of the device/viewer, etc....but the mechanics of the process are sound.
HTH
Hitch