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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] easiest way to convert HTML (book) file to epub/ebook?

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] easiest way to convert HTML (book) file to epub/ebook?
  • From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 11:42:25 -0500 (EST)
On Sun, 6 Nov 2011, Michael P. Soulier wrote:

> On 06/11/11 Robert P. J. Day said:
>
> >   i'm currently checking out some possibilities for ebook/epub
> > publishing but if someone has the recipe to do the following on my
> > ubuntu system, that would be ducky.
>
> All you need is a few files, and zip.
>
>     Zipping up an epub book.
>
>     Given an unzipped epub like this...
>
>     .
>     |-- content.opf
>     |-- cover.jpg
>     |-- index_split_0.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_1.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_2.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_3.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_4.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_5.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_6.xhtml
>     |-- index_split_7.xhtml
>     |-- META-INF
>     |   `-- container.xml
>     |-- mimetype
>     |-- stylesheet.css
>     |-- titlepage.xhtml
>     `-- toc.ncx
>
>     You can zip it up with the following commands:
>
>     zip -0X ~/mybook.epub mimetype
>     zip -rDX9 ~/mybook.epub * -x mimetype
>
> The trick is populating those files. Unzip an existing .epub and examine them.

  ironically, i started reading the OCF docs shortly before you posted
this so i'm getting a handle on EPUB technology.  might have more
questions later.

rday

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