Hi  :)
Yes, it was a good trial run.  I was wondering how much further you would have 
time for or if anyone else would be keen to "take the batton" and see if they 
could take it further.
Regards from 
Tom :)  





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> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 12:45
>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
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>I was just playing around. I'm not so motivated as to do all of what you're 
>suggesting.
>
>I've had a Kindle now for a couple years, and I've been fascinated with trying 
>different ways of creating/converting documents for its use. The basic Kindle 
>(as opposed to the Fire), is just a text reader. While it will display 
>graphics, it's not very elegant. I've found that books with anything more than 
>a stream of text create issues for the Kindle.
>
>I have to wonder if the LO user guides are simply too complex for elegant 
>translation to e-reader format.
>
>Virgil
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>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer
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>On 13/08/2013, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I just did a couple experiments with LO and Writer2epub. I tried converting
>> 
>> the entire 390 page Getting Started book to EPUB. It choked. I then tried
>> doing the same with just the 18 page introduction. Same result. No EPUB
>> output file was generated.
>> 
>> I noticed that Writer2epub doesn't like custom styles. It is apparently
>> designed for fairly simple documents, using LO's built-in styles. It can't
>> handle the elaborate formatting of the LO User Guides.
>> 
>
>That was an ambitious test! Perhaps LaTeX might be better: convert to
>(x)html using tex4ht and then compile the epub. Personally, would edit
>the xml using a text editor and compile the epub via the command
>terminal; compilation is surprisingly easy. 
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