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lazzyfair · 02-10-2010, 01:59 PM

So I've been attempting to figure out how to get a comic into the epub format that actually preserves page formating and layouts so that it can eventually be read on the iPad. I do realize that this goes against the notion of reflowable content for readers. The way I'm looking at this is, if epub is going to be the standard (at least for apple) then at some point, the question of comics is going to come up.

The straight PDF to epub does not work, it essentially gives it is best guess and then cuts it off about an inch from the bottom and continues to do so, each subsequent page being offset by the same amount until you eventually have a blank page and then the process is repeated. I've seen this with numerous attempts of my own and others.

So is there a way to lock the format? I'm sure this is going to involve coding of some kind which I don't have any background in, but even if you can point me in the right direction I'm sure that I can find someone that can help on that end.

02-10-2010, 01:59 PM	#1
lazzyfair Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Idaho Device: iPad	Formating For Comics In Epub So I've been attempting to figure out how to get a comic into the epub format that actually preserves page formating and layouts so that it can eventually be read on the iPad. I do realize that this goes against the notion of reflowable content for readers. The way I'm looking at this is, if epub is going to be the standard (at least for apple) then at some point, the question of comics is going to come up. The straight PDF to epub does not work, it essentially gives it is best guess and then cuts it off about an inch from the bottom and continues to do so, each subsequent page being offset by the same amount until you eventually have a blank page and then the process is repeated. I've seen this with numerous attempts of my own and others. So is there a way to lock the format? I'm sure this is going to involve coding of some kind which I don't have any background in, but even if you can point me in the right direction I'm sure that I can find someone that can help on that end.