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Wendy Wolfe · 11-11-2014, 04:22 AM

(follow-up question from a non-pro...)

I'm using the Calibre editor to write a "family recipes" EPUB. Eventually, it will be KindleGen'd to a side-loadable mobi for my Kindle-centric extended family.

Reading this thread made me realize that if I go the pagebreak-after-each-recipe route... I'll have more than 500 files in the final EPUB (last recipe count was approx 500 & one file per means a lot of files). Oh my.

Also, it is going to be a challange to work with in the "Files Browser" because it seems that I can't organize the kazillion text files into subfolders. (More on this at the end of this note.)

Do any of the EPUB editors allow for a directory structure to organize the "text" files?

Or is this just the reality of dealing with this kind of EPUB?

Thanks

Sidenote:
Interestingly, the Calibre editor allows me to place "text" files into subfolders (text/xxx.html, text/sub/yyy.html, text/sub/ggg.html are all valid). I played around a bit & everything seems to work fine. I assume that there's a reason why the UI doesn't detect/surface the organization. It would be a rather nice feature of v.large books.)

11-11-2014, 04:22 AM	#32
Wendy Wolfe Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle DX, Kindle Fire HDX 7", iOS (iPhone and iPad)	(follow-up question from a non-pro...) I'm using the Calibre editor to write a "family recipes" EPUB. Eventually, it will be KindleGen'd to a side-loadable mobi for my Kindle-centric extended family. Reading this thread made me realize that if I go the pagebreak-after-each-recipe route... I'll have more than 500 files in the final EPUB (last recipe count was approx 500 & one file per means a lot of files). Oh my. Also, it is going to be a challange to work with in the "Files Browser" because it seems that I can't organize the kazillion text files into subfolders. (More on this at the end of this note.) Do any of the EPUB editors allow for a directory structure to organize the "text" files? Or is this just the reality of dealing with this kind of EPUB? Thanks Sidenote: Interestingly, the Calibre editor allows me to place "text" files into subfolders (text/xxx.html, text/sub/yyy.html, text/sub/ggg.html are all valid). I played around a bit & everything seems to work fine. I assume that there's a reason why the UI doesn't detect/surface the organization. It would be a rather nice feature of v.large books.)