Ebook Conversion

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From HTML to epub

One of the most sophisticated formats when it comes to eBooks is epub.

There are a lot of tools out there converting from e.g. HTML. But almost none is capable of keeping the "table of content". And this is - when it comes to ereading - one of the most important part.

My prerequisites for a conversion tool

  • should be opensource
  • crossplatform (Windows, Linux, Mac, ...)
  • commandline batch processing

So here are the candidates:

  1. The free tool [1] from amazon.
  2. The shareware [2], but for demonstration purposes you can test it.

Kindlegen

Is crossplattform and does a very good job. I hav nothing to complain. The only problem I have:

  • the "table of content" goes away!

Jutoh

This is not free software. But it is a full featured Editor for ebooks.

From HTML to epub

One of the most sophisticated formats when it comes to eBooks is epub.

There are a lot of tools out there converting from e.g. HTML. But almost none is capable of keeping the "table of content". And this is - when it comes to ereading - one of the most important part.

My prerequisites for a conversion tool

  • should be opensource
  • crossplatform (Windows, Linux, Mac, ...)
  • commandline batch processing

So here are the candidates:

  1. The free tool [3] from amazon.
  2. The shareware [4], but for demonstration purposes you can test it.

Kindlegen

Is crossplattform and does a very good job. I hav nothing to complain. It produces files in the "*.mobi"-format.

The only problem I have:

  • the "table of content" goes away!

Jutoh

This is not free software. But it is a full featured Editor for ebook generation.

Advantages:

  • Support of almost any ebook format
  • Fully WHYSIWYG editor

But I don't need the latter, because I want to edit my documents with the processor of my choice.

Disadvantages:

  • Project based. So you first have to import a document via GUI in a project file.
  • This is a GUI-tool, no commandline tool. But it has a batch mode.
  • Generation of the "table of content" will not allays succeed with my LaTeX documents.