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AlexBell · 01-20-2012, 04:54 AM

I counted five software methods of creating ePubs in the sticky section of this forum, and six if you include Sigil.

For what it is worth my method is to markup a Word document into valid XHTML using an HTML editor, write the content.opf and toc.ncx to match, package these files and the stylesheet into and ePub file, and make any corrections necessary until the ePub validates. Everything except the HTML editor is free, but I know that there are freeware HTML editors. But this method certainly takes time.

01-20-2012, 04:54 AM	#5
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	I counted five software methods of creating ePubs in the sticky section of this forum, and six if you include Sigil. For what it is worth my method is to markup a Word document into valid XHTML using an HTML editor, write the content.opf and toc.ncx to match, package these files and the stylesheet into and ePub file, and make any corrections necessary until the ePub validates. Everything except the HTML editor is free, but I know that there are freeware HTML editors. But this method certainly takes time.