Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Write2epub

On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 18:07 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 15:27 -0500, webmaster for Kracked Press
> Productions wrote:
> > On 02/10/2012 02:57 PM, Tinkerer wrote:
> > > KP
> > >
> > > This is my first effort at using Write2epub.
> > > Does it just output the one file for you?
> > >
> > > Tink.
> > >
> > > --
> > > View this message in context: 
> > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Write2epub-tp3732714p3733526.html
> > > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> > All I did was test it for conversion.  It worked spring of last year, 
> > and maybe summer as well.  I was looking at e-reader software for Ubuntu 
> > and tested LO with it and the result with the packages.  So I do not 
> > remember much from back then - due to my memory issues from 3 strokes.  
> > But it worked back then or it would not have been included with the rest 
> > of the extensions on my DVD/portal pages.
> >
> > I just installed the extensions and used it.
> >
> > I got a file with the same name as the original ".odt" but with the 
> > ".epub" extension.  Since I do not have any e-reader installed at this 
> > time, I was not able to test the file out.
> >
> > So for me to test it again, I will have to find a Ubuntu 10.04 epub 
> > reader package.  Will see about doing that after I finish my dictionary 
> > work, which is after a current work that takes top-priority over 
> > everything else for the time I have on my computer [less time every day 
> > due to pain from my debilitating injuries that seems to be worse every 
> > day.  Got a MRI scheduled on Monday which was really quick for my doctor 
> > ordered yesterday.] .  BUT, I will finish the dictionaries this month - 
> > which it my plan anyways.
>
>      Perhaps this extension works best with converting simple documents.
> I have found that  Calibre does a decent job of the conversion, but even
> that is not close to matching the layout. For that I have used Sigil to
> edit the XML that is the basis for ePUB documents.
>      I saw a post somewhere that someone has a template that will work
> with LO to make the conversion from .odt to .epub. It carries a $67
> price tag. I don't know if it works or not.
>      My system: Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit) using Gnome Classic.
>
> --Dan

     One more point: I'm presently converting the Base chapters that I
have written to the ePUB format. I tried the LO extension with poor
results. Calibre worked better as I stated. So, my process is to let
Calibre do the conversion. Then I use Sigil, an ePUB editor, to clean up
the XML in ePUB. Even then it is time consuming at times to match the
the appearance in ePUB to match the appearance of the .odt file.

--Dan



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