Hi Jason, Thanks very much. If your perl scripts aren't proprietary, could you share them?
Also, I just mentioned this in the DocBook TC meeting, and Bob Stayton said that there is a kindle.extensions parameter in the ePub3 stylesheets. Currently that only handles one or two things, but it's probably the right hook for future kindle specific tweaks. Thanks, Dick ------- XML Press New from XML Press: The Content Pool http://xmlpress.net/publications/the-content-pool On Aug 15, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Jason Zech wrote: > I take my finished epub, extract the OEBPS with all the epub contents, and > run a Perl script filled with regex on the files (to change the standard > epub, tagging to fit Amazon's non-standard requirements). Then I drag the > content.opf into the Kindle Previewer window. There are a lot of changes to > make (such as removing p tags from within li or p tags within blockquotes). I > also maintain a separate mobi CSS stylesheet. It's a giant pain, but for our > books the standard epub to mobi conversion provided out of the box by > Kindlegen is too messy, and Calibre scares me a bit. > > I'm thinking about starting a customization of the docbook epub transform > that outputs the tags in a way that works better with kindlegen. One of these > days... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard L Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:36 AM > To: DocBook Apps > Subject: [docbook-apps] ePub to MOBI conversion > > At different times I've used kindlegen and calibre for ePub to MOBI > conversion, with varying results, but I've never been 100% happy with the > result from either. > > Does anyone on the list have any suggestions as to which of these (or which > alternative) is the best choice for conversion when the ePub was generated > using the DocBook stylesheets? > > Thanks, > Dick Hamilton > ------- > XML Press > New from XML Press: > WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit > http://xmlpress.net/publications/wiki-how-to-grow > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
