how to handle this 'book'?

[wn1ytw]

I hope this is the proper place to ask this.

I have a folder on my desktop of html files that are chapters of a book. The folder is the book- with each file being one of the chapters.

I assume there is a way to combine these into a book in calibre and vaguely recall seeing something about how to approach this somewhere but I've no idea where I saw it or what to call the problem!

I think after combining I would like to convert to a mobi file?

Advice or help please?

Thanks
scott

[theducks]

Originally Posted by wn1ytw

I hope this is the proper place to ask this.

I have a folder on my desktop of html files that are chapters of a book. The folder is the book- with each file being one of the chapters.

I assume there is a way to combine these into a book in calibre and vaguely recall seeing something about how to approach this somewhere but I've no idea where I saw it or what to call the problem!

I think after combining I would like to convert to a mobi file?

Advice or help please?

Thanks
scott

Doesn't anyone ever RTFM anymore
http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....specific-order?

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by wn1ytw

IAdvice or help please?

If you have a single index.html file in that folder or similar html file with links to all chapters, just drag that one file into Calibre, and it will collect all the linked chapter files.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by theducks

Doesn't anyone ever RTFM anymore
http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....specific-order?

I'll admit I seldom read the entire manual for any software, but I often read the FAQ, and this is/was almost the first thing in the FAQ. I found that prominent position in the FAQ to be pretty surprising, as it seems like something most would seldom do, but it is pretty easy to find.

Most html-based books that I've run into seem to already have an index file, and all that link is doing is explaining how to make an index.html by hand.

[wn1ytw]

Thank you so much.

I have tried several times to RTFM. I usually spend a couple hours attempting just that before I subject myself to the inevitable RTFMD. I find the Calibre FM particularly confusing. I did so this time as well. I will try to muddle through the suggestions, thank you.
scott

[theducks]

Originally Posted by wn1ytw

Thank you so much.

I have tried several times to RTFM. I usually spend a couple hours attempting just that before I subject myself to the inevitable RTFMD. I find the Calibre FM particularly confusing. I did so this time as well. I will try to muddle through the suggestions, thank you.
scott

I will totally agree that finding things in the Manual can be difficult. (I Knew the answer was in the manual. I had to look 3 times to find it to point Read here.)

It is there.
It is usually, technically correct. It surely is not a simplified, 'Dummies' guide or 'cookbook' (but there are some good recipes interspersed).

This is not a slur on what we have (and I don't volunteer to write a better one because I am a terrible writer)
When I buy a programming book. I poke through the stack until I find one that is written more more as a Tutorial than a reworded reference guide, explaining what we do to get this results.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by wn1ytw

I will try to muddle through the suggestions,

Do you have an index file? Often you can open up any chapter html file and there will be a link back up to the index file (which isn't necessarily named index.html).