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Originally Posted by theducks
I like to use the Open Office plugin Writer2EPUB to convert DOC (calibre won't convert DOC)
Calibre will convert TXT files. You may need to fuss with the TXT conversion settings.
Preferences is used for First time (book) conversion, then you can fine tune on the individual book conversion screen (settings, once used are sticky to the book)
Then touch up with Sigil  |
Thanks for the reply, theducks.
So . . . what's the point of using Sigil if I can't go from .doc to .mobi or other formats? I don't get it.
Isn't there a *simple* program that will convert from various word processing formats to various ebook formats? There *must* be something, somewhere! This seems like a lot of converting going on until I get where I want to go. Not to say I haven't done that in the past (app 1 only has this format, and my stuff is there, but in order to get it to app 2, I have to go through 2 others in between, and each one introduces its own glitches, but when you're desperate, you're desperate), I just don't think that's the best use of my time as a writer. I don't get paid for all the time it takes me to get from one format to another.
Are there any writers around here who might have suggestions? You can get some great writing apps and great script apps, each of which have excellent writing and editing features (cards, corkboards, organization, etc.), but they don't seem to export into anything useful as far as ebooks go. I really shouldn't be writing in one place, converting to something else to import, then edit each format of ebook, exporting it for upload. It's actually painful just to think about. There has to be a better way!
Right? <She said, hopefully.>