Thread: best way to convert PDF to ePUB - what do you think?
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Old 04-07-2010, 05:23 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Firepong View Post
Truthfully, there isn't any quick ways. I've got it down to so much of a routine is why it's so fast for me.

Depending on what I have to do, is how long it takes me.

If I just have to make a contents for the book, it usually takes no more than 10 minutes (Except on Chapter intensive books. For example, the rth book of Harry Potter has 38 chapters, took me 20 min on that alone ). But if I have to do more than the contents, usually I have to take out code and re-code other parts.

Thankfully, what I have to re-code, I've got it saved in a text file so all I have to do is copy and paste if it compares to that certain situation.

The only tips I can give is to tell you HTML/XHTML and any coding in between is your friend

Cheers

P.S. I have found out that some HTML/XHTML doesn't work on the IPad though. Like the Center tags and such do not work, you have to use the calibre tags that are in the document sadely >.<
I just went through breaking chapters out in a badly formatted hallows epub, now I have to fix the total mess on line breaks in a few chapters (reaching for the HB copy on my shelf).
A simple Chapter break and TOC takes about 3 min per chapter include load and save (I now save after ever split, after crashing Sigil by doing something wrong )
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