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Old 03-20-2010, 10:18 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
The DAISY files themselves aren't that large... 20-40K on average. They total 1.33MB (about the size of a LIT file, and about the same size as the original DOC file) by themselves.

I can isolate the MP3 files from the rest... but is it still supposed to break the files into so many parts (the number is equal to the number of chapters, plus the number of individual entries of other books at the end of the book)?
There DAISY books with which I am familiar have only one .xml file that contains the text of the book. They can have a file for each chapter, but they don't need to. If the headings are formatted properly, navigation should be done by the reader according to these headings, not by skipping from file to file. In addition to this, there should be:
1 .smil file approximately the same size as the .xml file
2 .css files
1 .xsl file
1 .dtd file
1 .ncx file
1 .opf file
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