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Old 07-10-2009, 05:45 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
Thanks, Zelda. One of the problems of course, especially with Mobipocket, is some ebook formats simply don't recognise valid HTML.

For example Mobipocket does not recognise margin-left, margin-right, or margin: auto. I have been trying for days to workout the HTML/CSS which will enable me to have a TOC list centered on a page but with the items of the list left aligned. It's a trivial design problem for a web browser, but I don't know how to do it for an ebook.

I appreciate you giving the references for W3C HTML and CSS; can you point me to a site or sites which discusses valid HTML/CSS for ebooks? The people who post on the c.i.w.a.h. usenet group have been helpful, but I'm sure they are not impressed by the limitations of ebook formats.

Regards, Alex
thus my preference for epub.

more seriously, if you want to learn about epub there are a whole host of sites which can help you, starting with idpf of course (International digital publishing forum, epub equivalent of w3c). there are also good tutorials to be found ; this one was very helpful to me : http://www.hxa.name/articles/content...7241_2007.html
here's another one : http://www.epubbooks.com/blog/200809...epub-document/
and here's one from teleread : http://www.teleread.org/2007/10/31/e...epub-creation/
but a quick google will turn up plenty more.

don't forget about the epub forum here ; i am constantly amazed and impressed by the mad skillz of various forum members and i am pretty sure that you'll get an answer to any question you can come up with.

i can't help you personally with mobipocket ; i abhor nonstandard code and my very first experiments with mobipocket (long before i realised just how nonstandard it is...) were disappointing enough to make me lose all interest in pursuing the matter. you can see the results in these photos : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=214111
my goodness that was a long time ago. i wasn't even thinking much about epub yet, apparently. however, just as with epub, i am sure there are lots of people here who can help you with mobipocket ; don't hesitate to post your questions ! i think you'll find they're generally stunningly patient.
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