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Subject: RE: Who is supporting epub on this list?
I certainly don't have Keith's programming skills, but I have been compiling a lot of docbook-to-epub tips over the last year http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/2010/11/ebookepub-production-secrets-tips-tricks/ Eventually I plan to make an online tutorial about it. Actually I'm finding the biggest challenge is not producing epub files, but producing an epub file which can be processed by kindlegen without causing major problems. I know the Kindle format is not "standard," but in the US it will remain important for a while. For example, just a day ago I discovered that when viewed on the Kindle 3 device (but not the KindlePreviewer software), kindle files produced by kindlegen processing epub files will insert lots of blank pages in chapters which use sections. (The reason is that the kindle device processes DIV tags very strangely). In a chapter with just 2 sections, I found that kindlegen had inserted up to 20 blank pages at the end of the chapter in the Kindle file. (One solution is to substitute SECTION tag with BRIDGEHEAD and modify the css for the toc to have bridgeheads indent, and I am working on the XSLT to accomplish that hopefully). By the way, I learned something interesting from an Oxygen staff member. Version 12.2 of Oxygen should support docbook-to-epub output with ANT. (should be out in a few months). -- Robert Nagle 12777 Ashford Point Dr #1417 Houston, Texas 77082 713 893 3424 http://www.robertnagle.info
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