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theducks · 08-14-2023, 11:29 AM

@Liudprand We are here to try and help each other.
MR has different sections that focus on topics for writers or publishers like yourself.

Calibre is a tool originally aimed at storing books and making them compatible with many devices. (It grew way past that

) It is NOT intended as an authoring tool.

I use the Editor as a touchup tool rather than trying to make Conversion (of the same or different format) do the lifting blind(ish)/trial & Error. I find I can use the Editor to find and debug most visual oddities faster than it took you to log onto MR and post a coherent query on how to get convert to do it.

Most of the code is basic HTML (not the full set used on Web Pages). SIMPLE. There are a few tutorials here on MR.

(FWIW I hardly knew anything about decent HTML and no CSS when I first came here. I thank the many folk that helped me along the way)

Do as much as possible with the CSS file, avoiding inline STYLE= as much as possible. Did you notice I underlined FILE? That is because you could put that code at the top of each (x)HTML file. But that leads to inconsistencies between chapters

1 (CSS) file to rule ALL of your book make tuneups easy.

MR Writers corner is more aimed at the craft of writing and marketing. Great folk, who have been in the game for a while. And a number of PRO's (both in formatting and Writing) provide input to polite queries.

08-14-2023, 11:29 AM	#16
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,164 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	@Liudprand We are here to try and help each other. MR has different sections that focus on topics for writers or publishers like yourself. Calibre is a tool originally aimed at storing books and making them compatible with many devices. (It grew way past that ) It is NOT intended as an authoring tool. I use the Editor as a touchup tool rather than trying to make Conversion (of the same or different format) do the lifting blind(ish)/trial & Error. I find I can use the Editor to find and debug most visual oddities faster than it took you to log onto MR and post a coherent query on how to get convert to do it. Most of the code is basic HTML (not the full set used on Web Pages). SIMPLE. There are a few tutorials here on MR. (FWIW I hardly knew anything about decent HTML and no CSS when I first came here. I thank the many folk that helped me along the way) Do as much as possible with the CSS file, avoiding inline STYLE= as much as possible. Did you notice I underlined FILE? That is because you could put that code at the top of each (x)HTML file. But that leads to inconsistencies between chapters 1 (CSS) file to rule ALL of your book make tuneups easy. MR Writers corner is more aimed at the craft of writing and marketing. Great folk, who have been in the game for a while. And a number of PRO's (both in formatting and Writing) provide input to polite queries.