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Originally Posted by ficbot
I am wondering if it might be better to just copy the HTML into an RTF file and convert THAT in the future?
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Certainly not. RTF is, if anything, even worse to get into a "clean state" than HTML. What I would recommend is to stick to XHTML (because the extra limitations over basic HTML allow for easier automatic conversions), and with a very limited version of it - the fewer tags you use, the less likely you are to encounter problems. If you want an inspiration, download this:
http://www.pepak.net/files/e-books/u...ble_people.zip
It produces a file which is reasonably simple to convert to any format I tried.
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So what should I do? Copy and paste from firefox into Word and make them all RTF files, or develop some sort of HTML checklist I can use to verify---once and for all---the perfection of my files and then make HTML my archival format?
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I would recommend HTML. Unfortunately, you will need to descend to the roots and do all coding yourself - if you use some graphical editors, the result will likely be poor.
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I just want one base file which is fine that I can re-convert forever and ever.
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HTML+CSS is a good solution, as is, with certain limitations, XML+XSLT. You may also want to look at my
H2LRF, which I use for precisely the task you want - one source format which I can easily (read: changing one parameter of the command, or changing one source file for all books) convert to any format.