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Old 01-15-2010, 07:31 AM   #1
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hello from a book designer/typesetter
Hi all,

A few months ago, a publishing contact asked for my help with ebook production, but I wasn't able to help. She sent me here for information and I've been reading for a while, but there's a lot to get through...

I'm interesting in learning as much as possible about ebook production (ePub, MOBI, xml/css, etc.), connecting with others who are involved with producing ebooks, etc.

I am also sadly lacking a reader. So I'm researching which to buy to help me test out the ebooks I create.

So...hello! I'm glad to be here.

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Old 01-15-2010, 08:03 AM   #2
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Old 01-15-2010, 08:27 AM   #3
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I guess typesetting is one area where ebooks still lag behind their dead tree counterparts.
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Old 01-15-2010, 12:27 PM   #5
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Old 01-15-2010, 12:51 PM   #7
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Old 01-22-2010, 07:57 AM   #10
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thx!
Wow, thanks for all the greetings! Sorry I didn't get back here sooner.

An update: I bought a nook.

Looking forward to learning from you guys...
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I'm interesting in learning as much as possible about ebook production (ePub, MOBI, xml/css, etc.), connecting with others who are involved with producing ebooks, etc.
The two main ebook formats you need to generate are, as you've obviously guessed, ePub and Mobipocket (Kindle).

The best way to generate these is through using XHTML/CSS source code, and generating both books from that.

I'd suggest that at the moment, the cleanest ePub can be made using Sigil - although if you want fancy effects you may need to take the Sigil output and then tweak it manually.

For Mobipocket, you want to take your XHTML/CSS and run it through Mobipocket Creator, which will translate the XHTML/CSS into the much simpler HTML that's stored inside a Mobipocket file. But for generating the final release Mobipocket file, I'd recommend using the command-line KindleGen. It seems to be able to produce a smaller file size, which will become important in Kindle sales when the new sales scheme comes in in July.

You might also want to take a look at some of the ePubs available here on Mobileread - just unzip to see how things have been coded.
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