Quite by coincidence, I have the same sort of questions at the moment (hello, Perian!). Always one to perfer *not *to re-invent the wheel, I would be delighted to get in touch with more colleagues who have already done catalog conversion projects, and get some experienced advice. With thanks --
Amalyah Keshet On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 8:03 PM Perian Sully <per...@emphatic.org> wrote: > Hi everyone: > > I'm trying to figure out some workflows for our publications department to > convert their final InDesign-formatted catalogue files into ePub and I'm > finding it's not as straightforward as I hoped it would be. > > First, the final copy of the catalogue has the spine and cover pages at the > front, so those need to be edited and moved about for ease of reading on a > browser. Second, they're not currently embedding their metadata, and I'm > not sure where the ISBN number should go, or editors and authors, etc. IPTC > doesn't seem to cut it here. And third, the Calibre conversion to ePub > is... yeah. Multiple columns within the pages get scrambled a bit, and > setting up the TOC is a bit maddening. I'd hoped the Adobe suite would have > a nice conversion tool by now, but not that I can see. > > So, does anyone happen to have some workflows for converting museum > catalogues figured out, and that they'd be willing to share with me? > > Thanks in advance, > > ~Perian Cohen > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > -- *Amalyah Keshet* *Copyright Management for Cultural Heritage, Jerusalem* *Senior Consultant, Naomi Korn Associates, London* _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
