RoboHelp will do that automatically if you select the Kindle option.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Keith Soltys keith.sol...@tmx.com wrote:
Most people going to Kindle format will start by building the book in EPUB,
then converting to Amazon's format.
RoboHelp will do that automatically if you select the Kindle option.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Keith Soltys wrote:
> Most people going to Kindle format will start by building the book in EPUB,
> then converting to Amazon's format.
I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to
ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer
a FrameMaker - ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
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Steve
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Subject: FrameMaker - PDF - ePub format?
I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to
ePub/eBook
formats. I have no experience
At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate
both outputs at the same time.
Nadine, thanks.
Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
And the Adobe Tech Comm Suite also produces EPUB.
Mike Wickham
On 4/5/2013 6:49 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
I am wondering if there is any simple route from a
Along with the usual suspects (MIF2GO, WW, RH) to output EPUB, RoboHelp also generates Kindle-compatible files using the same interface (Single Source Layouts) as its other outputs.Thus linking a FrameMaker project to RoboHelp (or importing, if you don't have the integrated TCS) gives you HTML5,
At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:
Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub - Kindle converter, that seems a
viable route, although I don't know how
Calibre is a fantastic utility and certainly should be in any EPUB or Kindle publisher's toolbox!
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On Apr 5, 2013,
Steve...
It looks like you've probably got more info than you need, but let me
thrown in one more. I maintain this website (below) and try to keep the
Resources page up to date with all of the EPUB tools that I'm aware of.
There's a section on tools that export to EPUB that will list many
At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing
a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.
Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.
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Thanks Scott: this is most useful. I'm just in outline planning at present, but
the advice to 'plainify' a book first is very helpful.
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iPad displays are 1024x768 (or twice that at twice the ppi for the
Retina models). Standard three-pane web help displays fine. So do
PDFs. There's no need to use a special layout.
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At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found
viewing a
PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.
Maybe
I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to
ePub/eBook formats. I have no experience of the latter, but would like to offer
a FrameMaker -> ePub service in future. Any advice would be welcome.
--
Steve
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> From: Steve Rickaby
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 7:49:46 AM
> Subject: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
>
> I am wondering if there is any simple route from a hyperlinked PDF to
> ePub/eBook
> formats. I have no ex
At 05:55 -0700 5/4/13, Writer wrote:
>I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but WebWorks ePublisher has Book ePub
>2.0 output (you can see a sample of the output here:
>http://www.webworks.com/Tour/Output_Formats/) and PDF output. You can generate
>both outputs at the same time.
Nadine,
Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
EPubFm2 plugin:
http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
And the Adobe Tech Comm Suite also produces EPUB.
Mike Wickham
On 4/5/2013 6:49 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote:
> I am wondering if there is any simple route from a
Along with the usual suspects (MIF2GO, WW, RH) to output EPUB, RoboHelp also
generates Kindle-compatible files using the same interface (Single Source
Layouts) as its other outputs.
Thus linking a FrameMaker project to RoboHelp (or importing, if you don't have
the integrated TCS) gives you
At 09:45 -0500 5/4/13, Mike Wickham wrote:
>Not sure about PDF to EPUB, but there is FM to EPUB capability with the
>EPubFm2 plugin:
>http://www.elmsoftonline.com/ElmProducts.html
Mike, thanks. And as Amazon do a free ePub -> Kindle converter, that seems a
viable route, although I don't know
Calibre is a fantastic utility and certainly should be in any EPUB or Kindle
publisher's toolbox!
-Matt
Matt R. Sullivan
co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11
P: 949.388.5683 | C: 714.585.2335 | matt at mattrsullivan.com
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Steve...
It looks like you've probably got more info than you need, but let me
thrown in one more. I maintain this website (below) and try to keep the
Resources page up to date with all of the EPUB tools that I'm aware of.
There's a section on "tools that export to EPUB" that will list many
At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
>While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never found viewing
>a PDF on them a very satisfactory experience.
Maybe so, but I've seen good FrameMaker books wrecked in Kindle-native form.
--
Steve
Thanks Scott: this is most useful. I'm just in outline planning at present, but
the advice to 'plainify' a book first is very helpful.
--
Steve
Keith
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> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:35 AM
> To: Writer; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker -&g
iPad displays are 1024x768 (or twice that at twice the ppi for the
Retina models). Standard three-pane web help displays fine. So do
PDFs. There's no need to use a special layout.
, 2013 12:18 PM
> To: Keith Soltys; Framers Mailing List (framers at lists.frameusers.com)
> Subject: RE: FrameMaker -> PDF -> ePub format?
>
> At 15:05 + 5/4/13, Keith Soltys wrote:
>
> >While the E-Ink based Kindles will display PDF files, I've never foun
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