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Oxygen 12.2 + epub + twitter discussion

  • 1.  Oxygen 12.2 + epub + twitter discussion

    Posted 05-19-2011 15:56
    A few quick announcements.

    Oxygen 12.2 now has a docbook to epub transcript built into it. I'll
    test it out and write up a report by next week. (I use Liza Daly's
    python script, so I don't NEED Oxygen to do the transforms, but it
    would be nice if it did --especially to be able to use Saxon parser.

    Also: I follow an ongoing twitter discussion about epub production.
    http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23ePrdctn Next Wednesday morning
    (about 10 or 11 AM CST) George Bina from Oxygen will be a featured
    guest on the channel, and I'll be adding my two cents. Epub creators
    might enjoy this. (I'll post a reminder the day before after I
    confirm the speaker and time).

    In other news, there are substantial rumors that Amazon will be
    accepting & even selling epub files .
    http://goodereader.com/blog/tablet-slates/amazon-to-allow-epub-ebooks-on-the-kindle-e-reader/
    That is a big deal for docbook 2 epub creators. Personally I found
    that docbook and mobipocket didn't play nicely together at all. (and I
    dont' blame docbook for that). I spent way too much of my time making
    the epub work for kindlegen...

    rj

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