Comments on: Experimenting with epub - Creation http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Julien Couvreur http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-683764 Julien Couvreur Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:45:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-683764 I was reading the dev reference pages on the mobipocket format and found some interesting considerations there. The mobi format can be built from OPF+HTML+IMG files, but they are optimized for access by low-power devices. Conversely, I'd be concerned that simply zipped OPF+HTML+IMG files are probably going to be resource hogs... I was reading the dev reference pages on the mobipocket format and found some interesting considerations there. The mobi format can be built from OPF+HTML+IMG files, but they are optimized for access by low-power devices.
Conversely, I’d be concerned that simply zipped OPF+HTML+IMG files are probably going to be resource hogs…

]]> By: Ebook Creation Links | Idiotprogrammer http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-612397 Ebook Creation Links | Idiotprogrammer Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:26:45 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-612397 [...] workflows for using .epub (Oct 2007) [...] [...] workflows for using .epub (Oct 2007) [...]

]]> By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-601984 Joseph Gray Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:55:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-601984 Pond, Yes, the Wordpress software put the curl in the quotes :-) If you download the sample file, you will find regular quotes, along with better formatting. Pond,

Yes, the Wordpress software put the curl in the quotes :-) If you download the sample file, you will find regular quotes, along with better formatting.

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-601931 pond Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:47:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-601931 Thanks from me, too. One thing to be aware of is that the quoted examples of files all contain 8-bit curly quotes instead of the plain vanilla straight quotes xml requires. No doubt the content creation tool 'smartened' your quotes here. Thanks from me, too.

One thing to be aware of is that the quoted examples of files all contain 8-bit curly quotes instead of the plain vanilla straight quotes xml requires. No doubt the content creation tool ’smartened’ your quotes here.

]]> By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-601798 Joseph Gray Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:46:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-601798 There is one other important fact about the "mimetype" file that I hope I made clear in the article. Just to make sure, I'll mention it here again. The "mimetype" file must be added to the Zip archive first. This, along with the file being uncompressed, places the mimetype information in a fixed location within the epub file, allowing easier determination that this is an epub file and not just a normal Zip file. There is one other important fact about the “mimetype” file that I hope I made clear in the article. Just to make sure, I’ll mention it here again. The “mimetype” file must be added to the Zip archive first. This, along with the file being uncompressed, places the mimetype information in a fixed location within the epub file, allowing easier determination that this is an epub file and not just a normal Zip file.

]]> By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-601782 Joseph Gray Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:39:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-601782 Rob - I use 7Zip and not WinZip, although I'm sure that WinZip has some method of specifying no compression when you add a file. In 7Zip, you select "store" as the method of compression. As I mentioned in the article, the "mimetype" file is only 20 bytes and will most likely not compress anyway. Give it a try. Preston - Thanks for pointing out the link error. I just fixed it, along with some spelling and formatting errors that crept in. Rob - I use 7Zip and not WinZip, although I’m sure that WinZip has some method of specifying no compression when you add a file. In 7Zip, you select “store” as the method of compression. As I mentioned in the article, the “mimetype” file is only 20 bytes and will most likely not compress anyway. Give it a try.

Preston - Thanks for pointing out the link error. I just fixed it, along with some spelling and formatting errors that crept in.

]]> By: Preston http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-601760 Preston Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:06:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-601760 Excellent article. Thank you very much for putting this together. I've already bookmarked it. However, I did want to alert you to a broken link. The link in this sentence "For details on what this is and how to generate one, a Wikipedia article, which ponts to some online UUID generators." is missing the "h" from "http". Excellent article. Thank you very much for putting this together. I’ve already bookmarked it.

However, I did want to alert you to a broken link. The link in this sentence “For details on what this is and how to generate one, a Wikipedia article, which ponts to some online UUID generators.” is missing the “h” from “http”.

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/10/31/experimenting-with-epub-creation/#comment-601753 Rob Preece Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:56:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7442#comment-601753 Thanks for this write-up, Joseph. Is there some means, in WinZip, to prevent compression of particular files as they're being added to a Zip archive? I look forward to being able to add ePub to my list of supported formats (I wish I could look forward to having only one supported format but I think there'll be a long wait for this. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com Thanks for this write-up, Joseph. Is there some means, in WinZip, to prevent compression of particular files as they’re being added to a Zip archive?

I look forward to being able to add ePub to my list of supported formats (I wish I could look forward to having only one supported format but I think there’ll be a long wait for this.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

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