![]() ![]() I use generally Sigil for epub final optimization and kindlegen for modi convertion I use writer's café for timeline (and sometime trello when timeline is not to much complex) I use libreoffice with perfectepub and writer2epub (2 wonderfull extension, I'm Italian I've partecipated on w2e develop) I use a text editor for first draft (typically notepad++ on windows and Geany on linux but sometimes my old love emacs) Next I use Zim Desktop for researches and note taking (it works with txt and markdown so it's almost perfect for this) I use freemind to create first step of book idea and brainstorming (solo or in team) I would just explain that my workflow it's pretty coherent I admint that my hope was to find something different but well, maybe it's not possible to get always our dreams Though most ebooks are read on phones and tablets, the point is that they are books that should reflow for 5" to 14" screens. If you think you need fancier than KF8 or epub2, then maybe you need a PDF (many big colour images, or text book or fixed layout) or a custom app (multimedia). If for paper, remove all links.īackup to elsewhere a couple of times a day, ALL changed files. POD/Paper/PDF: Use a Save As copy of source and edit ONLY the styles. Leave aside for a week or two and then proof/annotate on eReader again.Try NOT to edit, if MUST edit, only edit CSS. Import to ePub2 conversion (Calibre / Sigil).Save As Docx if Writer (use ODT native), or use Docx native in Word.Then run regexs to find all other typos, leading spaces, trailing spaces etc.replace 2 space with 1 space till not found.Check all anchors / TOC links still are correct.THEN do rewriting, but if any passage is to be deleted: Save, then Save As with version increment.Then when annotations all used up, remove it from session.The source txt of highlight is used in WP search. Mark off note in Annotation window with *. Use ¬ to mark bits needing re-written or added, with comment, but otherwise only edit typos.Can select other tabs for cast, events, timeline. Have annotations in left window (KATE or Notepad++ tabbed editor).SaveAs with updated version prefix if last version = annotation version. Save (annotate)_.txt, in book directory use Regex to have annotations in format desired.Copy & Paste into a new KATE/Notepad++ tab (added to session).Kobo Utilities to quickly read annotations only for the selected book.Open KATE/Notepad++ session for the project.Use tools that work on Windows MacOS or Linux, or where one part of the tool chain can easily be swapped (Notepad++ and KATE for pure text notes, Jota on Android) It's less than 30 min to take the ebook source and adapt a version for paper.Īvoid expensive proprietary all-in-one programs. Create a template with all the stuff you need for an ordinary eBook. I went back to using a real wordprocessor, far more flexible. I fell into this trap in the 1990s for a while, creating the content in custom programs. More complex than that, or interactive, or multimedia, then the WP text is source for a custom App.Ī one does everything tool tends to be proprietary and ultimately less flexible. If you are doing something more complex, more than a novel with illustrations, then you import your source to Sigil or Calibre and edit the CSS. If you use styles properly, then you can simply import the docx to Calibre and convert to epub2. You can maintain the complete source text in LO Writer or MS Word with styles for eBook and easily do a version for PDF for POD paper. I also have a local copy of mediawiki, but don't use it much. For resources I use a tabbed text editor (Notepad++ in Windows, KATE in Linux). ![]() Writing and editing is best with Word or LO Writer. They are too much different software to be really efficient I know scrivener and I can't recommend it due to it's working limitationĪt now I'm using libreoffice with writer2epub extension and Sigil but I need somethign I can use from the beginning of the process so also for researching, outlining and notesĪt now I'm using also Zim for notes, freemind for mindmap and writer's café for timeline. I've used Jutoh and it's good but too limiting I know and used Writer's café and it's a really good one. What I'm searching is, in first a list of software like the one before and, second, experiences about them I know there' s some forum for some of them but not what I'm searching for Not software to read epub but to make epub I'm looking for a list of epub creation software I'm an old time lurker, a writer and a writing coach ![]()
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