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two_wheels · 09-12-2016, 04:07 PM

I am trying to create an ePub book rendition of a large, specialized dictionary. I initially attempted to create it as an instance of a generic ePub book. At 40,000 plus entries, with other supplementary material and images, the book comes in over 1.5 GB and simply isn't functional in any reader that I've tested it in. I then turned my attention to the dictionary format/application, thinking, perhaps, that it would be possible to capture the dictionary as an ePub dictionary, and create a simple, ePub book/document as a portal to the dictionary. The idea was that I could somehow embed lookups to dictionary terms in the portal, which would then allow me to access the dictionary that way. If that is even possible is a problem I've struggled to resolve, however, simply because of the scarcity of demonstrated examples of epub dictionary implementation on the web. Or else I'm just looking in the wrong place.

I would appreciate any guidance or recommendation.

09-12-2016, 04:07 PM	#1
two_wheels Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: calibre	Implementing large, specialized dictionary I am trying to create an ePub book rendition of a large, specialized dictionary. I initially attempted to create it as an instance of a generic ePub book. At 40,000 plus entries, with other supplementary material and images, the book comes in over 1.5 GB and simply isn't functional in any reader that I've tested it in. I then turned my attention to the dictionary format/application, thinking, perhaps, that it would be possible to capture the dictionary as an ePub dictionary, and create a simple, ePub book/document as a portal to the dictionary. The idea was that I could somehow embed lookups to dictionary terms in the portal, which would then allow me to access the dictionary that way. If that is even possible is a problem I've struggled to resolve, however, simply because of the scarcity of demonstrated examples of epub dictionary implementation on the web. Or else I'm just looking in the wrong place. I would appreciate any guidance or recommendation.