[LINK] RFI: Cross-Media Publishing under Linux/OO

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ben McGinnes wrote:
> On 4/08/11 12:24 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> Preparing MS powerpoint presentations, required by conference
>> organisers, could be a problem...
> 
> I switched from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice a few months ago and it
> (actually both of them) handles this fine.  Simply create the
> presentation in the native OpenDocument Format and then save as or
> export to whichever other formats are required (e.g. .ppt, .pptx,
> .pdf, .swf, etc.).
> 
>> On the topic, of cross media publishing... I have just published my
>> first e-book, for which you need XHTML. I am working on a paperback,
>> using Open Office>PDF, from the XHTML source of the ebook. My Notes
>> are here:
>> <http://ramin.com.au/linux/formatting-e-books-and-paperbacks.shtml>
> 
> Again, OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice are your friends here.  There's
> an extension called writer2epub which will convert a file to an ePub
> file.  Make any adjustments to the chapters and index in Sigil, then
> convert to alternate ebook formats (e.g. .mobi, .lit and so on) in
> Calibre.
> 

Did the output of this process validate, sufficiently, to meet Lulu's EPUB
requirements?

The problem with the open office approach, is that you are still thinking
in printed book format - which is not ideal for creating an EBook (or
webpage).

I hear calibre is good for converting between ebook formats, haven't heard
any reports about its role in creating ebooks.

> I think there might've been a thread on this on LINK a few months ago,
> maybe late last year.
> 
> http://www.libreoffice.org/
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Writer2ePub
> https://code.google.com/p/sigil/
> http://calibre-ebook.com/

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