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nhmuse · 10-14-2011, 07:34 AM

Hello - regarding the TOC in indesign cs5 - you can't generate the toc from withing ID5 and export it out. it doesn't work that way. However, you still need to name a stylesheet for the TOC. If you get Elizabeth Castro's Epub Straight to the Point ebook, she tells you the exact steps to follow to export to epub. After that, however, I use Sigil to doctor the exported files. After this point, the instructions in her book are okay, but need to be updated.
There is a fair amount of fixing to do to the ID5 exported epub. You have to know html and CSS, and understand the xml in the .ncx files. I have had good success if the book is all in one InDesign file.
I also watched all of the epub tutorials on lynda.com and got snippets of information that helped a lot. It also helps to inspect someone else's epub in Sigil so you can see what they did, and use that as a guide.
Has anyone tried BookBaby's service? I would like to see an epub that was created by them if anyone can suggest one, that would be great. If you would like to see an epub I did recently, take a look at Rodman Philbrick's Listening to Kids in America available at Barnes & Noble and for the Kindle at Amazon.

thanks for this thread and this forum. other posts and this one have helped me tremendously!

10-14-2011, 07:34 AM	#29
nhmuse Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Rye, NH Device: ADE, Kindle, ipod	Hello - regarding the TOC in indesign cs5 - you can't generate the toc from withing ID5 and export it out. it doesn't work that way. However, you still need to name a stylesheet for the TOC. If you get Elizabeth Castro's Epub Straight to the Point ebook, she tells you the exact steps to follow to export to epub. After that, however, I use Sigil to doctor the exported files. After this point, the instructions in her book are okay, but need to be updated. There is a fair amount of fixing to do to the ID5 exported epub. You have to know html and CSS, and understand the xml in the .ncx files. I have had good success if the book is all in one InDesign file. I also watched all of the epub tutorials on lynda.com and got snippets of information that helped a lot. It also helps to inspect someone else's epub in Sigil so you can see what they did, and use that as a guide. Has anyone tried BookBaby's service? I would like to see an epub that was created by them if anyone can suggest one, that would be great. If you would like to see an epub I did recently, take a look at Rodman Philbrick's Listening to Kids in America available at Barnes & Noble and for the Kindle at Amazon. thanks for this thread and this forum. other posts and this one have helped me tremendously!