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Originally Posted by Calenorn
What an excellent post from Tex2002ans! |
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Originally Posted by Calenorn
As a complete noob I learned much of what was listed in that post by reverse engineering other e-books in Sigil. One post like this one could have saved me hours of work.
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I also second taking apart other EPUBs and learning how they work (that is probably how most of us on MobileRead learned, that is definitely how I did). You like the look of something in EPUB? Take apart the code, figure out how it works, and then emulate it/take it and use it in your own books!
For example, I emulated this "blog post"/"website"/"box" code right out of an EPUB I purchased (Post #5, Post #10):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=218023
There are plenty of well-formatted books in the "epub Books" section of MobileRead:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=130
I have also attached a bunch of EPUBs I created around these boards as "real-life examples" while explaining things. For example, in post #19 and #23 in this topic:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225045
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Originally Posted by Toxaris
There is one made by Pablo. I believe he also put it on the Wiki.
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https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EPub_Tutorial