Re: [WSG] ebook.epub markup and device compatiblity as well as web standards concern

2011-09-04 Thread jomali
I find that Sigil (http://code.google.com/p/sigil/) provides a smoother
experience of creating or editing epubs than Calibre, although Calibre is a
more finished product.



On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:47 PM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote:

 Curious if anyone here has experience with ebook development using epub
 format that you can share, e.g., common mistake, devices compatibility and
 accessibility issue.

 I am in need to make an ebook using the popular epub format, and my
 research shows that it's basically the same as building a website, using
 XHTML, CSS, XML etc.

 Was reading a web related ebook the other day from iPad's ibook, the book
 has tabular layout and images, because I had the font size enlarged, and
 this resulted the tabular layout got cut off, which is fine if it can break
 the row, and display whatever left on the next page. It doesn't, instead
 bottom part of the text in the row got cut off as it reaches footer, so I
 set the font size to normal, the table displays more rows but with the same
 result with bottom part of the text in the last row of the given page got
 cut off. Similar occurs to images too.

 It's an ebook from A Book Apart, therefor I assume that with the solid team
 behinds it, this is not caused by negligence in layout but something that
 can't overcome.

 Thanks!

 tee

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Re: [WSG] ebook.epub markup and device compatiblity as well as web standards concern

2011-09-03 Thread Slobodanka Graham
Hi there
In response to tee's enquiry about ePUB for ebooks, we've had experience in
converting PDFs with tables and images using Aspose and Calibre, which are
free ebook convertors. The results were good and I think if you use the paid
versions of these applications, you could enhance your tables if necessary.
I hope this is helpful.
Bobby

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:47 AM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote:

 Curious if anyone here has experience with ebook development using epub
 format that you can share, e.g., common mistake, devices compatibility and
 accessibility issue.

 I am in need to make an ebook using the popular epub format, and my
 research shows that it's basically the same as building a website, using
 XHTML, CSS, XML etc.

 Was reading a web related ebook the other day from iPad's ibook, the book
 has tabular layout and images, because I had the font size enlarged, and
 this resulted the tabular layout got cut off, which is fine if it can break
 the row, and display whatever left on the next page. It doesn't, instead
 bottom part of the text in the row got cut off as it reaches footer, so I
 set the font size to normal, the table displays more rows but with the same
 result with bottom part of the text in the last row of the given page got
 cut off. Similar occurs to images too.

 It's an ebook from A Book Apart, therefor I assume that with the solid team
 behinds it, this is not caused by negligence in layout but something that
 can't overcome.

 Thanks!

 tee

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