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Borlani · 08-24-2012, 05:38 PM

Thanks Wiz,
I very much appreciate your help.
It baffles me that Microdaft Turd has not included this as an export feature.
I haven't used any type of Macro programming for eons, (since WPL on the Apple ][e europlus), and I skimped on learning HTML (though I can read it), but it never dawned on me to put the two concepts together and make ePub files, but retrospectively I can see the logic in that. (though I couldn't do it myself)
I tried Sigil btw, it didn't like me and ate my files. I was warned it was beta and some of the features were bugs, but it cost me a lot of time. Perhaps it is better now. I still haven't forgiven it. I must have spent (wasted) over three months trying to figure out ePub, and this tool is by far the most elegant solution I have seen yet. I have only been using Computers for 35 years now, so I am still learning I guess. Like I said, if I had found this on day one I would have published much sooner.
I am less bothered about hosting your files for any reason other than to simplify the process for people to get to the utility, so to link to your website is a great solution. I would, of course, give you due credit. I would just like to raise the visibility of this as a solution and save others from getting lost in the ePub "Maze" (hence the picture of a Maze on the front cover of my intended book.)
I am currently walking a client through the stages of Authoring her own book, and am hoping I can get her to use BC to produce ePub versions, but I am not sure I can safely guide her through unzipping and using macros remotely - so I might kill two birds with one stone and use Camtasia to go through the process and record it and then hopefully she can follow the video - which I can then also reference in my book on how to publish ebooks. Like yourself I find only a fixed number of hours in a day, but never enough to do everything try to take on.
I think part of the problem is how deeply technical one gets in explaining ePub, after all, it is just HTML in a Zipped file, but not every writer wants to get into HTML or even understands file compression. I shall get my thinking head on and see if I can't K.I.S.S.
Thanks for your help, and for kindly replying so promptly.

08-24-2012, 05:38 PM	#27
Borlani Borlani Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Scotland Device: iBad	Thanks Wiz, I very much appreciate your help. It baffles me that Microdaft Turd has not included this as an export feature. I haven't used any type of Macro programming for eons, (since WPL on the Apple ][e europlus), and I skimped on learning HTML (though I can read it), but it never dawned on me to put the two concepts together and make ePub files, but retrospectively I can see the logic in that. (though I couldn't do it myself) I tried Sigil btw, it didn't like me and ate my files. I was warned it was beta and some of the features were bugs, but it cost me a lot of time. Perhaps it is better now. I still haven't forgiven it. I must have spent (wasted) over three months trying to figure out ePub, and this tool is by far the most elegant solution I have seen yet. I have only been using Computers for 35 years now, so I am still learning I guess. Like I said, if I had found this on day one I would have published much sooner. I am less bothered about hosting your files for any reason other than to simplify the process for people to get to the utility, so to link to your website is a great solution. I would, of course, give you due credit. I would just like to raise the visibility of this as a solution and save others from getting lost in the ePub "Maze" (hence the picture of a Maze on the front cover of my intended book.) I am currently walking a client through the stages of Authoring her own book, and am hoping I can get her to use BC to produce ePub versions, but I am not sure I can safely guide her through unzipping and using macros remotely - so I might kill two birds with one stone and use Camtasia to go through the process and record it and then hopefully she can follow the video - which I can then also reference in my book on how to publish ebooks. Like yourself I find only a fixed number of hours in a day, but never enough to do everything try to take on. I think part of the problem is how deeply technical one gets in explaining ePub, after all, it is just HTML in a Zipped file, but not every writer wants to get into HTML or even understands file compression. I shall get my thinking head on and see if I can't K.I.S.S. Thanks for your help, and for kindly replying so promptly.