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Old 11-10-2014, 11:33 PM   #1
Ecaz
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Convert .XML to .ePub (Or: What am I doing wrong? A little boys primer on conversion)

Hello and thank you in any case!

http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/download.html

First, the PDF from Folgers website looks like crap on the Kindle Paperwhite, and converts even worse, so that's not a viable option for me.

The entire library is available via XML.

The xml files render fine in Firefox, but I can't get Calibre to open the xml or to convert them to epub.

I imagine I am simply doing something wrong.

I would like to import or simply convert the .xml files into epub. I don't know if Calibre will generate the TOC or will respect the formatting of the .xml files that Folgers provides.

Running linux, so happy to run any tools from the command line to create what needs to be done.

Thanks!

Note:

When I add the .xml file (which isn't a default file type in Calibre) It gets the title right, but then fails to convert:

calibre, version 2.6.0
WARNING: Could not convert some books: Could not convert 1 of 1 books, because no supported source formats were found.

Henry IV, Part I - No supported formats (Available formats: xml)

Last edited by Ecaz; 11-10-2014 at 11:55 PM. Reason: Tried to change to the Conversion subforum
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