Johnny Chin Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 What you guys using to create printed and fixed layout ePub version of the same book of yours currently? Is Pubcoder good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamjari Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Adding my voice to this. I'd love to see both epub and mobi exports. I was really hoping that would be an option. I know InDesign had epub at least (possibly also mobi). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijsterbeek Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 To be honest, InDesign doesn't have the best ePub workflow either. In order to make ePub export really useful, it would have the following features: Normally I create two separate files for cover and book contents. When creating an ePub I'd like to make a rectangular mask selection from the cover file to include as first page in the ePub file. The same for the back cover at the back of the book and optional cover flaps Option: skip one or more cover pages. Also, some pages are intenionally blank (for example to start a chapter on the right page). These can also be removed. Option: Page numbers and any other master text fields from the master spread can or cannot be included as text in a reflowable ePub Option: Tables and anchored image captions can or cannot be embedded as picture (converted to bitmap) Option: anything that looks like an URL can or cannot be converted to an actual hyperlink Option: Rotate large graphics that were facing outward (from the spine) back to the text orientation Option: Fill and update metadata from tagged text frames (like Title, Author, Copyright notice). All these fields are present in the print text That last option would require text frames in Publisher to be taggable. This is not the case as of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Al Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 9/1/2018 at 11:23 PM, Medical Officer Bones said: Jutoh doesn't support fixed epub and only a tiny subset of epub 3. Instead of Jutoh, Sigil is comparable and completely free for flowing epub ebooks. https://sigil-ebook.com/ Although I understand the technical reasons why the Publisher developers decided to forego html and epub export, the fact remains that without this option Publisher will be unable to compete with the current crop of DTP layout software. ... ... Huh! Tried to have a download of a ePub creating app on sigil-ebook... instead it was asked a very complicated GitHub registration. I absolutly don't understand what to do with it. Doesn't look like any kind of app I could use... <8O( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Castle Al said: Huh! Tried to have a download of a ePub creating app on sigil-ebook... instead it was asked a very complicated GitHub registration. I absolutly don't understand what to do with it. Doesn't look like any kind of app I could use... <8O( Shouldn't be any need to register. Just click on the Get link at the top of the page, which will get you a page with info you need to read before going to the Releases page to get the installers. If you're on Mac be sure to read the file that describes the installer format. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krbo Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 no need to register as Walt said and about "what to do" - it's not a clickety-click-mouse app, in brief: - you open HTML with it - you add CSS stylesheet - you add pictures if any (cover at least) and then you start to make an epub by adding CSS classes to paragraphs, divide chapters, insert graphics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debiant Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Calibre, as a Swiss army knife for all things ebook, including editing of epub and conversion to and from mobi, azw/3 or any other format you might want to read. Both solutions require some knowledge of html and css. In general I would follow the do one thing and do it well philosophy though. One way to do it without much knowledge is to open another epub and use it as a template for whatever it is that you're working on. SrPx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Epub has been my #1 request from the start. I would even be happy if they officially put out a roadmap with it on it. My only comfort is that Patrick Connor said we will get it in a future release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Reid Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I was about to start learning Publisher having used InDesign for 10+ years but first looked for ePub export. Main and only reason for using Publisher is to produce ePub books for iBooks and Amazon etc. No ePub !!!! Can't believe it. Please tell us you have it in the works. Then I will continue to learn the app - it looks very good. Otherwise I have to go back to InDesign. Can't wait forever. Why has such a forward looking team missed the 4th wheel on their new car design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 18, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 18, 2019 @Stuart Reid Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums I have merged your post into this popular relevant thread. There is another long one here too and some more here for this popular request Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 28 minutes ago, Stuart Reid said: Why has such a forward looking team missed the 4th wheel on their new car design? 4 I read the reasoning was they needed to draw the line somewhere to get the release out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I have never tired Jutoh, but Ultimate eBook Creator is packed with features. And can publish directly to amazon ebook format. I am beta testing the new version that will look for weak words. Which almost no program does. https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-eBook-Creator-publishing-iBookstore/dp/B00K7DFZM8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Al Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 6:39 PM, walt.farrell said: Shouldn't be any need to register. Just click on the Get link at the top of the page, which will get you a page with info you need to read before going to the Releases page to get the installers. If you're on Mac be sure to read the file that describes the installer format. Damit! I go on that page... but it is this kind of carry Linux type of bla-bla-bla Where is the Sigil app/or installer to download on the page? Clicking on Sigil-0.9.18 won't do it... And what are these other links Attn-MacOS.Users.-.New.Release.Format.txt1.97 KB Sigil-0.9.18-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt1.85 KB Sigil-0.9.18-Windows-x64-Setup.exe77.8 MB Sigil-0.9.18.tar.gz.sig566 Bytes Sigil-0.9.18.zip.sig566 Bytes Sigil.app-0.9.18-Mac.txz74.5 MB Source code(zip) Source code(tar.gz) at the bottom ? Is it impossible to find a nice installer to avoid a "normal" lambda user to get completely crazy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Brighton Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 @Castle Al You have to read the and decipher info on the main page you linked to get that the txz file is what you want. To the package maintainers, it's apparently more important to save a few MB at distribution time than to stick with standard delivery methods. Quote https://bmb.photos | Focus: The unexpected, the abstract, the extreme on screen, paper, & other physical output. Tools: macOS (Primary: Ventura, MBP2018), Canon (Primary: 5D3), iPhone (Primary: 14PM), Nikon Film Scanners, Epson Printers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Al Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Gosh! I believe I'm getting too old to find enough patience to run around fiddling for things... I'll better give up, and wait till a developer pools out a user friendly interfaced solution out of some magic hat. Sorry for the bother... MauricioC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 You can click "Sigil.app-0.9.18-Mac.txz74.5 MB" and download the app. It uncompresses with double click with standard archive utility tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Al Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Fixx said: You can click "Sigil.app-0.9.18-Mac.txz74.5 MB" and download the app. It uncompresses with double click with standard archive utility tool. GREAT! Thank you for caring about a desperate case! Your help did it: Sigil installed now. Fixx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbyseven Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 On 9/1/2018 at 9:16 PM, Dave Harris said: Yes, we'll add more export formats in future to support e-publications. (I'm not going to commit to exactly which ones.) For this initial 1.7 release we chose to coast with our existing PDF because we had so much else to do. We have left a lot of work to do over the coming years. Well, it's been 1 year since that and I don't see the option to export to an epub file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, sbyseven said: Well, it's been 1 year since that and I don't see the option to export to an epub file. Yes, but we're still in the early days of actual Publisher releases so far (1.7 was the first one; 1.8 is in beta), and as Dave said "[they] have left a lot of work to do over the coming years." There are many functions that the users want, and Serif can't do all of them at once, or all of them first Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benuker Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Please guys, take care of the ePub file export function. It is SO much needed!!! I don't want to pay again for a different application when the one I already own has all potentiality to do the job!! Please put it in your 'high priority' shelf for future releases!!! Thank you!!!! Leonardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 11/28/2019 at 10:31 AM, sbyseven said: Well, it's been 1 year since that and I don't see the option to export to an epub file. True, but bug crushing is just as important or more so than new features. What I would really like to see is a road map and where the greatly need epub export sits on that list. Over a year ago Patrick said it was in there radar, but will it be yet another year? Two? I would love to hear an official word on epub. sbyseven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostonica Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 There is a HUGE opportunity going missing here. I am forced to use InDesign to create our Epubs because the source materials are all IDML files, which Affinity Pub now supports. (MANY thanks for that) BUT Indesign produces files with a bloated CSS file containing much unneeded code. Epub devlopers are forced to use other tools like Calibre and Sigil to fine tune the code. There is a huge need for a feature in Affinity Publisher that can produce very clean HTML5 code using the kinds of simplified CSS files developed by Jiminy Panoz https://friendsofepub.github.io/Blitz/documentation/docs.html#css-doc It would not take a huge amount of resources to tackle this and the resulting market for an efficient IDML to epub flow could be quite significant. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE reconsider your roadmap and investigate this option. Quote Jim http://js-ca.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyon Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 @ostonica I have used Ultimate eBook Creator for small projects on Amazon. It worked really well. https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-eBook-Creator-publishing-iBookstore/dp/B00K7DFZM8#customerReviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Al Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Thanks to Guyon's and Ostonica's interventions. 1. I'll have a try with Amazon's feature, hoping it can handle about 250 pages (including sometimes pictures). 2. And yes to Affinity working on e-pub output. I would even pay an extra fee for it (though Scrivener is supposed to do that... but not that easily)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Al Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Guyon said: @ostonica I have used Ultimate eBook Creator for small projects on Amazon. It worked really well. https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-eBook-Creator-publishing-iBookstore/dp/B00K7DFZM8#customerReviews PC CD only, it seems... with a price that invites me to work further on with trying to master the e-pub exports from Scrivener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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