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Originally Posted by John F
What is your process? Do you start reading and make changes as you see things you don't like?
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My process is much the same as Sirtel in that I edit the book before starting to read. The step by step would be:
- Import the book into calibre
- Convert or KindleUnpack to epub if needed
- Download metadata and covers. Correct metadata if needed. Resize cover to my preferred default size
- Run the ModifyEpub plugin to add the new cover and do some basic metadata cleanup
- Open the epub in Sigil and run the processes saved as Automation 1.
- Run the HTML and CSS saved group search/replace sets.
- Run the processes saved as Automation 2
- Do a quick check of cover, titlepage and a couple of chapters.
- Save the epub and all's done.
This takes an average of 10 minutes per epub. Automation 1 and 2 are a way of running multiple tools in one click, the group search/replaces are much the same as I've found that so many times, I was running the same tools and searches on every epub. For instance, removing any text-align: justify entries is a common task since I prefer to read left justified text.
I also have several specialized search/replace groups for various epub generation tools that I've build over the years.