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Originally Posted by RHWright
Thinking of getting my feet wet on some ebook creation. Figured I'd start with some editing. I have some non-DRM, public domain files I can play with.
So, how is the learning curve on Sigil?
I'm not a programmer. Some basic website/HTML experience, but mostly more familiar with desktop publishing and design, which is mostly WYSIWYG-type stuff. Pretty good with Adobe, MS Word, etc.
Is this going to be relatively straightforward or a real brain strain for a non-programmer type? (Gotta say, I never much got into adjusting CSS with my webs design. Dreamweaver was my friend.)
Thanks
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i dunno if youre creating as an author or not but-
from an author's pov:
the user guide is a quick easy read-
the program functions very well-
this forum is your best friend! almost everything your might need to dig up is here. what is not already here, the fine folks on the board are happy to help with : )
i learned:
clean your outline/ document first.
always edit in code view.
"save a copy"!!!! i lost the whole document 3 times : )
clean it.. often. theres nothing but "p's" on my pages and it so nice LOL
.. i still know next to nothing.. but i have clean epub files that result in clean mobi files. (1 title down and 6 to go)
it took me two weeks to produce a clean ebook (20,000 words) and get it up on B&N and amazon. doing the work in sigil then converting to mobi was the way to go for me.
i cant say enough about sigil as a friendly program. i cant say enough about the value of this this forum.. so i'll stop trying : )
thank you forum peoples!
and good luck, RH Wright