adam1762 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Without the option to create the format epub, puts this program on a losing position (at least for me). So far, the Serif PagePlus X6 has probably much better functionality. pixelstuff and TrailwayCo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelstuff Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I vote for this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndieFormatting Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Need ePub export, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Please add ePub. I am confused how you can have a publishing program without looking to the future of paperless documents. At this point, I do not think it is even on the todo list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Guyon said: ...At this point, I do not think it is even on the todo list. There is no roadmap for Publisher until it is released. We don't know whether it will be on the roadmap or not for the 1.x cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelstuff Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Guyon said: Please add ePub. I am confused how you can have a publishing program without looking to the future of paperless documents. The future? How about the present. However, you could half way argue that publishing software like this is 90% about the visual layout, while ebook formats are barely related in that manner. So it makes sense to put ebooks lower on the list. Ebooks are probably closer to html publishing in the grand scheme. I mean really ePub is closer to the domain of traditional word processors that desktop publishers. I still want an ePub export option though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 1 hour ago, pixelstuff said: However, you could half way argue that publishing software like this is 90% about the visual layout, while ebook formats are barely related in that manner. Not so. Fixed layout ePubs are all about precise layout. As well, they afford interactive features not possible in reflow type ePubs. Guyon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Agreed, trying to support reflowable epub in a program like Publisher is likely to be challenging, but a fixed-layout one shouldn't be too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I do mainly reflowable epubs. It should not be too hard to support it. Of course you have to understand that most graphic features will be deleted in export. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelstuff Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 17 hours ago, MikeW said: Not so. Fixed layout ePubs are all about precise layout. As well, they afford interactive features not possible in reflow type ePubs. I figure if you do fixed layout it might as well be PDF and have greater compatibly. What advantage would an fixed layout ePub have over PDF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Epubs should be a reflowable layout. Ereaders have problems with fixed layouts, they mostly do not look good. I think Apub is targetting tradional printing instead of the ereader/epub market segment. I am using Jutoh for my epub documents. I do not think it is a good idea for Apub to support epub/kindle compiling. Good epub documents do not contain much formatting because the user can change it in the blink of an eye. For true traditional printing or wordprocessing documents it is another matter. There layout is much more important and necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 All the big name publishing program have epub, as well as many of the lesser ones. If you do not add it to the planning now it may never get added. Even the old Pageplus could export to epub. Sure leave out a feature that many people want and watch the lack of features in the reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I would not need Publisher to do crippled epubs. It should do perfect epubs, not some halfbaked versions. At the moment Jutoh can be coaxed to export good quality epubs, I am not so sure there are other as good solutions. Possibly Sigil, but learning curve is a bit steep there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Can't Adobe InDesign do ePub? QuarkXPress can. I never used Pageplus, but it says it can. Ultimate eBook Creator is cheap and made to create epub. So why is Affinity ignoring this feature? http://ultimateebookcreator.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 40 minutes ago, Guyon said: So why is Affinity ignoring this feature? Why do you claim Affinity is ignoring this feature? The programm is not even release yet. It is available as a public beta version. It is obvious (at least to me) that the development team had to make a choice what can be accomplished in the first version and what not. As it seems they have decided to start out with a feature set aimed at traditional publishing (in terms of print) first. It is said in this forum, that future development will also target digital publishing, too. I assume this can include epub, as well, even if I do not know this for sure. Cheers, d. mac_heibu and pondball 2 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 20 hours ago, dominik said: Why do you claim Affinity is ignoring this feature? Because at this point in the game they are ignoring it. Obviously Definition of ignore - refuse to take notice of or acknowledge. In the future, if they ever even put out a roadmap with this feature on it that will change the comment, but as of this second, the feature is ignored. It seems to be a very popular request, and it would be nice if Serif would simply reply one way or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 46 minutes ago, Guyon said: Definition of ignore - refuse to take notice of or acknowledge. I want to point you to this posting by Patrick Connor which, to me, seems to be the opposite of refuse or take notice. Cheers, d. appaulmac 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, dominik said: I want to point you to this posting by Patrick Connor which, to me, seems to be the opposite of refuse or take notice. 3 Sweet! Thanks for pointing that out dominik! Good eyes. +1 dominik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkbyron Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 +1 for Epub - and an electronic book making user approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Despite the fact ebook creation would be a nice feature, I think the main purpose of Affinity Publisher is in Desktop publishing. Adobe Indesign can produce epub, mobi ebooks. However, dedicated ebook creation applications like Jutoh are far better than Indesign or Publisher will ever be. Not because they are not capable but because paper publishing is very much different than ebook publishing. With Publisher format and style is very important. For ebook creation formatting and style is very important as long as the generated ebook is easy to read and navigate. Creating bookmarks and notes is much more important than layout. PagePlus also could generate ebooks, however there where many problems with it. Atlantis WordProcessor, Microsoft Word can create ebooks too, however Word add a lot of garbage. One good advice, if you really want to create ebooks, use dedicated applications like Jutoh. It is worthwhile the steep learning curve. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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