The docbook epub directory includes a Ruby script that can build an epub2 book. Have you tried epub/bin/db2epub?
Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises [email protected] From: Robert Nagle Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 1:28 PM To: apps docbook ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] producing epub 2 (NOT epub 3s) -- how to do it? I assumed that the /epub directory is still supported (although the ruby script might not work). If it is the case that /epub/docbook.xsl is no longer supported, then there would probably be a need to have a epub2 backward compatibility option for the epub3/ stylesheet. The Smashword error messages indicate that they are unable to read epub2 features: ********************from smashwords We have run EPUBcheck on your file, and unfortunately, it has not passed validation. The errors found were: a.. attribute "lang" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"; not allowed at this point; ignored b.. attribute "properties" not allowed at this point; ignored (repeats 2 times) c.. attribute "property" not allowed at this point; ignored (repeats 10 times) d.. attribute "type" from namespace "http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops"; not allowed at this point; ignored (repeats 50 times) e.. bad value for attribute "version" f.. required attributes missing (repeats 11 times) g.. text not allowed here (repeats 10 times) h.. unfinished element (repeats 6 times) i.. unknown element "footer" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; (repeats 8 times) j.. unknown element "header" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; (repeats 8 times) k.. unknown element "nav" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; l.. unknown element "section" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; (repeats 6 times) Smashwords is quickly becoming a major distributor of ebooks -- although they've been using an older verison of epubcheck. They accept only epub files which can pass the older test. Robert, If I remember correctly there is an epub directory in the stylesheet distribution that creates epub2. It is unsupported as Keith is no longer maintaining it. It may still be a good starting point. Carlos -- Robert Nagle 6121 Winsome Ln #56C, Houston TX 77057-5581 (H) 713 893 3424/ (W) 832-251-7522 Carbon Neutral Since Jan 2010 http://www.robertnagle.info
