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Elizkcampbell · 01-22-2012, 10:37 PM

Hello!
I've been scanning the forums here and I just want to ask for reassurance.

I have been using Adobe IndDesign CS4 to create my ebooks. I save multiple files into a .indb (book) file, and export to .epub and to .mobi (via the kindle plugin). (I do not have and cannot afford the CS5)

The .mobi is hunky-dory. It looks beautiful, I love the result.

The .epub is garbage. From 2/3 of the chapters simply not exisiting, to the text not displaying correctly in "sepia" mode, it's just junk.

What I am reading on these forums is that InDesign, while powerful for print, is not the best for converting to .epub, and it's worth my time to spend searching for and trying other options like Calibre ans Stanza, and to stop banging my head on Adobe. Yes? I'm just second-guessing myself because Adobe is such a big power player in the print industry.

I intend to learn the CSS and XHTML coding, but in the meantime I have a friend waiting on something and I don't want to make her wait too much longer.

01-22-2012, 10:37 PM	#1
Elizkcampbell Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 1436 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: ipad	Please tell me I'm not imagining this Hello! I've been scanning the forums here and I just want to ask for reassurance. I have been using Adobe IndDesign CS4 to create my ebooks. I save multiple files into a .indb (book) file, and export to .epub and to .mobi (via the kindle plugin). (I do not have and cannot afford the CS5) The .mobi is hunky-dory. It looks beautiful, I love the result. The .epub is garbage. From 2/3 of the chapters simply not exisiting, to the text not displaying correctly in "sepia" mode, it's just junk. What I am reading on these forums is that InDesign, while powerful for print, is not the best for converting to .epub, and it's worth my time to spend searching for and trying other options like Calibre ans Stanza, and to stop banging my head on Adobe. Yes? I'm just second-guessing myself because Adobe is such a big power player in the print industry. I intend to learn the CSS and XHTML coding, but in the meantime I have a friend waiting on something and I don't want to make her wait too much longer.