Need Help In Creating .MOBI

[greatparthi]

Hi Geeks,

Think i,m totally new to this EBook Domain. I'm Quite familiar with epub format. so i have created Separate html files in chapterwise for e pub format. and i do have .opf and .ncx file. now i want to create the same book in .mobi format for my kindle 2.
let me explain the scenario:
1. i have some 20 html files (for a single PDF Book).
2. opf and .ncx (compatible for .epub format).

now what are all the steps i need to follow the get these files in .mobi format. i'm totally dummy (novice) at this point, step by step guidance will be appreciable. thanks.

P.S: i heard more about calibre and mobiperl while surfing this forum.. and i'm quite confused. take i dont want to use calibre as it is too easy for this process...i want to create everything on my own....will any one help me....
for your kind info: i do have some nice grasping power..and also some programming knowledge.

PS1: In the same time i want to include Audio/Video files.. in mobi format books.. i want to know the .opf media type and all.....ill be thankful...thanks in advance.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by greatparthi

PS1: In the same time i want to include Audio/Video files.. in mobi format books..

Right, and I want a truck loaded with gold. Audio and video are not supported in ePUB, much less in mobipocket.

If you want to create everything on your own, forget about using ePUB as a source format for mobipocket. ePUB supports CSS, and mobipocket does not, so directly converting ePUB to mobipocket can be quite frustrating. Better learn the pseudo-HTML that mobipocket supports and work from there.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by greatparthi

Hi Geeks,

Think i,m totally new to this EBook Domain. I'm Quite familiar with epub format. so i have created Separate html files in chapterwise for e pub format. and i do have .opf and .ncx file. now i want to create the same book in .mobi format for my kindle 2.
let me explain the scenario:
1. i have some 20 html files (for a single PDF Book).
2. opf and .ncx (compatible for .epub format).

now what are all the steps i need to follow the get these files in .mobi format. i'm totally dummy (novice) at this point, step by step guidance will be appreciable. thanks.

P.S: i heard more about calibre and mobiperl while surfing this forum.. and i'm quite confused. take i dont want to use calibre as it is too easy for this process...i want to create everything on my own....will any one help me....
for your kind info: i do have some nice grasping power..and also some programming knowledge.

PS1: In the same time i want to include Audio/Video files.. in mobi format books.. i want to know the .opf media type and all.....ill be thankful...thanks in advance.

If you want that level of control, use Kindlegen. It will take ePubs and ePub source as input, and will do some conversion of CSS to Mobipocket formatting.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Jellby

Right, and I want a truck loaded with gold. Audio and video are not supported in ePUB, much less in mobipocket.

They are supported, though, for Kindle eBooks. There's a sample which comes with "Kindlegen" illustrating how to create eBooks with multimedia content. Such books will only be viewable on the various Kindle apps for PC, iPad, etc; they can't be viewed on a Kindle reader.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by HarryT

They are supported, though, for Kindle eBooks. ... they can't be viewed on a Kindle reader.

Go figure!

[dwig]

Originally Posted by HarryT

...Such books will only be viewable on the various Kindle apps for PC, iPad, etc; they can't be viewed on a Kindle reader.

The books can be viewed on a Kindle device. Its just that the audio and/or video will be missing. When properly coded the book will display alternate text instead of either the audio or video.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by HarryT

They are supported, though, for Kindle eBooks. There's a sample which comes with "Kindlegen" illustrating how to create eBooks with multimedia content. Such books will only be viewable on the various Kindle apps for PC, iPad, etc; they can't be viewed on a Kindle reader.

Yes, which would be more fascinating if the provided sample ("Jabberwocky") actually worked on an iPad--which it does not. Amazon knows it doesn't.

Now go figure that.

Nonetheless, for the everyday user and author, even if he could get his mobis to have audio and video, you can't upload them through the KDP, so at most he could listen/see his a/v on only his own iPad, sideloaded to Kindle for iPad.

Hitch