Hi all!
I have been using Guido Henkel's Ebook Formatting Guide to prepare my novel for ebook publishing. He advises creating clean html versions, using simple CSS for formatting, etc. I build websites so I'm very comfortable with html/CSS, so great! However, based on other stuff I read, I made each chapter a separate html document -- to speed up load time on devices -- so I have: chapter01.html, chapter02.html, etc. I also have an introduction and an afterword (2 more html documents). Finally, I have a separate stylesheet for the CSS. All in a folder at the same level.
Henkel advises using Calibri to convert the source file to the various formats for Amazon, iBooks, etc, and he has good instructions. But what I can't find instruction on is how to "add" my book to Calibri to start it all, when it is broken up this way, or even if that is possible. His instructions assume the book is all in one html document with CSS in the head.
So, do I have to put the entire book's content into one giant html document to add it to Calibri?
If not, can I have a separate stylesheet, linked in the head code of each document, or do I have to include styles in the head section of each document?
If I can keep these separate documents, how do I "add book"?
I saw in FAQ's in the user manual a section about creating a TOC as an html document which I can do, but it wasn't clear where that would go in the context of these separate documents. Do I create a TOC as noted in the FAQ and put them all together in one folder? Can I just add the folder with them all in there via "add book"?
Greatly appreciate a response!! ;)
Thanks, thanks, thanks!
I have been using Guido Henkel's Ebook Formatting Guide to prepare my novel for ebook publishing. He advises creating clean html versions, using simple CSS for formatting, etc. I build websites so I'm very comfortable with html/CSS, so great! However, based on other stuff I read, I made each chapter a separate html document -- to speed up load time on devices -- so I have: chapter01.html, chapter02.html, etc. I also have an introduction and an afterword (2 more html documents). Finally, I have a separate stylesheet for the CSS. All in a folder at the same level.
Henkel advises using Calibri to convert the source file to the various formats for Amazon, iBooks, etc, and he has good instructions. But what I can't find instruction on is how to "add" my book to Calibri to start it all, when it is broken up this way, or even if that is possible. His instructions assume the book is all in one html document with CSS in the head.
So, do I have to put the entire book's content into one giant html document to add it to Calibri?
If not, can I have a separate stylesheet, linked in the head code of each document, or do I have to include styles in the head section of each document?
If I can keep these separate documents, how do I "add book"?
I saw in FAQ's in the user manual a section about creating a TOC as an html document which I can do, but it wasn't clear where that would go in the context of these separate documents. Do I create a TOC as noted in the FAQ and put them all together in one folder? Can I just add the folder with them all in there via "add book"?
Greatly appreciate a response!! ;)
Thanks, thanks, thanks!