How are the ebook files generated?
I've nearly finished producing my first text for PG and, in order to test the HTML, I've been viewing it in Firefox and also using kindlegen to convert it to Mobipocket format, which I'm then using a Kindle to view. I've been hunting for details of the current conversion process on the Wiki, and haven't come across any concrete information about how PG does the conversions. Could anyone please point me to the documents or software that are used?
On 12/06/2010 01:12 PM, Paul Flo Williams wrote:
I've nearly finished producing my first text for PG and, in order to test the HTML, I've been viewing it in Firefox and also using kindlegen to convert it to Mobipocket format, which I'm then using a Kindle to view.
I've been hunting for details of the current conversion process on the Wiki, and haven't come across any concrete information about how PG does the conversions. Could anyone please point me to the documents or software that are used?
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The software is here: http://www.gutenberg.org/tools/ but works on Linux only (until somebody ports it). Also read this: http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/EPUB -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org
Marcello Perathoner wrote:
On 12/06/2010 01:12 PM, Paul Flo Williams wrote:
I've been hunting for details of the current conversion process on the Wiki, and haven't come across any concrete information about how PG does the conversions. Could anyone please point me to the documents or software that are used?
The software is here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/tools/
but works on Linux only (until somebody ports it).
I only use Linux, thanks, though I note that it needs a newer version of Python than the v2.4 that comes with RHEL5. (Never mind, got Fedora 14 at home.) Having first generated the EPUB from HTML, do you then run kindlegen to get to the MOBI?
Also read this:
Thank you. I hadn't looked at the DP wiki, but there's lots of good stuff there.
Also read this: http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/EPUB
This EPUB section is actually very helpful and informative -- and its existence and advice should be more widely disseminated! -- Thanks!
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