Comments on: eCub freebie for creating ePub books: Try it and help the dev with bug reports! http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dick Pearson http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-1009203 Dick Pearson Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:14:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/#comment-1009203 I think eCub is a super tool, but you DO also need a suitable set of web tools: I use Ace HTML and TopStyle Pro so I validate my XHTML and CSS long before creating the book. I solved problems with books I created for my Sony reader by making sure that all my constituent html files were less that 100K. Anything larger than 200 KB per file, and the Sony Reader gives up and sulks! It doesn't seem to care about the overall size of the .epub file - for instance my copy of the Bible runs to 1.66 MB and works (slowly) without problem. I think eCub is a super tool, but you DO also need a suitable set of web tools: I use Ace HTML and TopStyle Pro so I validate my XHTML and CSS long before creating the book.
I solved problems with books I created for my Sony reader by making sure that all my constituent html files were less that 100K. Anything larger than 200 KB per file, and the Sony Reader gives up and sulks! It doesn’t seem to care about the overall size of the .epub file – for instance my copy of the Bible runs to 1.66 MB and works (slowly) without problem.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-1002847 Mike Cane Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:49:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/#comment-1002847 Uh-oh. Just looked a PRE-alpha size of ePub. It is 2.47MB. That's not good, is it? Uh-oh. Just looked a PRE-alpha size of ePub. It is 2.47MB. That’s not good, is it?

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-1002845 Mike Cane Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:47:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/#comment-1002845 300K is not much!! Especially with a book that has 27 chapters *and* about *70* photos! I could always chop it into bits. Horrors. 300K is not much!! Especially with a book that has 27 chapters *and* about *70* photos!

I could always chop it into bits. Horrors.

]]> By: Hadrien http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-1002808 Hadrien Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:10:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/#comment-1002808 I can think of several reasons why it could potentially fail: for example incorrect XHTML markup or if you have a flow that's larger than 300k on the Sony Reader. I can think of several reasons why it could potentially fail: for example incorrect XHTML markup or if you have a flow that’s larger than 300k on the Sony Reader.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-1002583 David Rothman Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:50:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/#comment-1002583 Keep us posted, Mike, and best of luck with your own noble experiment with Abyss! - David Keep us posted, Mike, and best of luck with your own noble experiment with Abyss! – David

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-1002580 Mike Cane Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:42:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/13/ecub-try-it-and-help-the-dev-with-bug-reports/#comment-1002580 See, I was afraid of that very thing. That I'd get Abyss into finished form finally, only for it to be unusable on a Sony Reader or iPhone. There's a validation tool sorta link in eCub, but I've never tried it. I'm not even in alpha shape for the entire eBook yet, so this can wait til the end. There can't be anything *monstrously* wrong with the ePub file, can there? It's all based on the HTML, after all. I'm also going to do a MobiPocket version just to view on my LifeDrive as a test (LifeDrive screen same size as iPhone, see? good for photo scaling!). That one I will *not* distribute because I do NOT want to encourage people to use that obsolete and monopolistic file format. See, I was afraid of that very thing. That I’d get Abyss into finished form finally, only for it to be unusable on a Sony Reader or iPhone.

There’s a validation tool sorta link in eCub, but I’ve never tried it.

I’m not even in alpha shape for the entire eBook yet, so this can wait til the end. There can’t be anything *monstrously* wrong with the ePub file, can there? It’s all based on the HTML, after all.

I’m also going to do a MobiPocket version just to view on my LifeDrive as a test (LifeDrive screen same size as iPhone, see? good for photo scaling!). That one I will *not* distribute because I do NOT want to encourage people to use that obsolete and monopolistic file format.

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