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Re: [OT] Book authoring

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Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> There is also orgmode, which has been used for a few books
> (http://orgmode.org ). I know it does HTML and PDF (the latter through
> latex), but I'm not sure about ePub: ISTR somebody actually did ePub for
> his book but I don't remember details. 

Avdi Grimm produced his book "Exceptional Ruby"
(http://exceptionalruby.com ) this way, including ePub formats (I hope
mentioning Ruby in this context is not a punishable offense...)


Apparently, there is calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/ ) that will take
you from HTML to ePub. See this orgmode list article e.g.

     http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/41826

Nick

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[OT] Book authoring Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 19:25 -0800
  Re: [OT] Book authoring Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-09 15:13 +0000
    Re: [OT] Book authoring Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> - 2011-12-09 10:43 -0500
    Re: [OT] Book authoring Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> - 2011-12-09 11:18 -0500
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