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eBook Creation Tools For Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the when-text-files-just-aren't-good-enough dept.

phinance asks: "Are there any (preferably free) tools for publishing (free) eBooks (Glassbook, Rocket Book, et. al.) for Linux? There's an Open eBook specification, but the popular readers don't support it. Do I need to build a Windows box to make an eBook?"

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  1. One possible approach by Sneakums · · Score: 3

    If you are targeting PalmOS devices and you're not concered with controlling copying, you could consider using Plucker. I have successfully used to it to place the HTML edition of O'Reilly's DocBook reference on my Palm, as well as Engines of Creation and some programming manuals.

    The snapshot of Plucker I am using supports multiple databases, images (I haven't tested this) and most of the HTML tags you'll need. The width of the Palm screen can cause problems with things such as tables, however.

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  2. Tools for the Rocket eBook by AndyBarrow · · Score: 3
    Generally, content for the Rocket eBook is created in a simplified HTML format (have a look at KnowBetter for details) and then converted to a .rb file for uploading to the rocket. For creating content, you can use Wayne Davison's open source tools. I've used rbmake and found that it does a great job on html files I have written, or stuff I want to suck off the net.


    To communicate with your Rocket eBook, Matt Greenwood has written Merlin, a java-based tool for communicating with your Rocket. It's still in alpha, but works okay.


    Good luck - the Rocket is a great little tool. I carry mine around with me all the time when I'm travelling.

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