When I created my Cepheus Engine zine, I made the text in #LibreOffice, so I thought it'd be easy to make a #EPUB document out of it - just Export To EPUB and I'm done...

Only I'm not. LibreOffice EPUB export isn't very good. It doesn't export most of the headings at all.

So I tried a bunch of online converters until I found one that worked a little better.

The file still wasn't good, so I had to use Calibre's EPUB editor to mess about with the XHTML code directly.

It wasn't incredibly difficult, but it's weird this wasn't an completely automatic process.

what I really need is a @bookbrainz Picard. Is there something like this out there in the wild that I’m unaware of?

Needs to at least fix m4b audiobooks, though mp3/flac audiobooks would be great, and epub would be essential. A workflow very similar Picard is what I want most. That app is so fast and intuitive

#epub #Audiobookshelf #selfhosted #opensource #homelab

@Fbrzvnrnd per cortesia ho bisogno di una dritta. Vorrei creare un file epub con dei semplici disegni (degli atomi). Per far si che i disegni si adeguino alla dimensione della "pagina" devono essere vettoriali SVG? Utilizzare #inkscape? #epub

Première fois que je tombe sur un livre numérique qui démarre par une page consacrée à l’accessibilité et qui propose des adaptations pour personnes déficientes visuelles et dyslexiques.

Big up aux éditions Argyll.

Chlorine est une lecture dérangeante (ça parle d’auto-mutilation, de sport à haut niveau et de son impact sur les corps et le mental, d’adolescence et de passage à l’âge adulte).

#lecture #MastoLivre #accessibilité #epub

https://argyll.fr/produit/1992/

Version 2.20.2 is out, the publisher theme is online, the directories got a redesign. Also a security hint: If you run older versions <2.19.2, then please update to a new version.

https://typemill.net/news/typemill-2-20-2-the-publisher-theme

#publishing #typemill #cms #pdf #ebook #epub

I wrote about the EPUB 'language shift' feature and how it might be simply implemented in a markdown-inspired plain text document.

#epub #markdown #accessibility

https://blog.stewarthaines.com/2025/12/language-shifting-in-epub-3.html

EPUB and HTML Survey Results and Next Steps

https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/epub-and-html-survey-results-and-next-steps/

#EPUB #w3c #ebooks #HTML #XML

The Islands of Elsewhere by Heather Fawcett. The Snolly sisters are staying with their ill Granddaddy for the summer, near the magical Fairy Islands. If the sisters unravel the mystery of the Islands in time, they may discover a secret to help them all. #MP3 #DAISY #EPUB https://nnels.ca/items/islands-elsewhere

EPUB and HTML—Survey Results and Next Steps, by @reidmore (@w3c):

https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/epub-and-html-survey-results-and-next-steps/

#surveys #epub #html

Just released the publisher theme and you can now setup a full publishing platform for multiple publications in web, PDF, and EPUB format with Typemill. This video demonstrates it in about 9 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UvR-wfZ8d0

Here is the theme: https://themes.typemill.net/publisher

#eboks #publishing #pdf #epub #openbooks #openpublishing #opensource

Pour celleux qui seraient rebuté.e.s par le fait que #Calibre intègre des fonctionnalités #ia, rappelons qu'il existe des alternatives pour :

* La lecture d'#epub : #Foliate (https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/)
* L'édition d'epub : #Sigil (https://sigil-ebook.com/)

Je ne connais pas d'alternative pour la gestion d'une bibliothèque.

#logiciel #libre

I've been using Foliate for a little while, and I stuggle to see the added value of Readest, that seems to be a soft fork of Foliate.

Am I missing out on something not obvious by sticking to Foliate?

https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.bilingify.readest

#epub #ebook #flathub

Send to Kindle failing with Error E999?

It’s not your Kindle—it’s the file. Learn why EPUBs fail, what the internal error means, and how to fix it step by step.

👉 https://www.izoate.com/blog/kindle-error-e999-how-to-fix-send-to-kindle-internal-error-step-by-step-guide/

#KindleErrorE999 #SendToKindle #EPUB #Kindle

J'ai craqué pour "éropolitique" de Myriam Bahaffou au format #epub pour ma prochaine lecture numérique

#vendrediLecture

Final draft of Indie Microblogging

https://www.manton.org/2026/01/06/final-draft-of-indie-microblogging.html

#epub #microblog

Một lập trình viên đã phát triển trình đọc EPUB mã nguồn mở trên trình duyệt, giải quyết vấn đề mất highlight khi chuyển đổi ứng dụng.

#epub #sách #ebook #mãnguồnmở #phầnmềm #dev #EPUB #ebooks #opensource

https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/1q77bmh/built_a_browserbased_epub_reader_because_i_was/

New blog!

Following on from the post about converting plain text source to EPUB-ready xhtml...

This new post introduces the plain text music notation format called 'abc', and describes how the SEED.html app can be set up to convert abc code block within markdown content to inline SVG images for responsive digital sheet music.

#epub #epub3 #svg #markdown #abc

https://blog.stewarthaines.com/2026/01/transforming-plain-text-to-svg-for-epub.html

In the Weeds by B.K. Borison. Disillusioned Evie is trying to find something real, so she returns to the last place she was happy: Lovelight Farms. And it has absolutely nothing to do with the hot farmer she spent two incredible nights with... #EPUB https://nnels.ca/items/weeds-lovelight-book-2

A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey. When her mother dies after a long illness, Flora escapes to Miami without telling anyone—especially her longtime friend Gordon Wallace, whom she begins to see in a new light. #EPUB https://nnels.ca/items/british-girls-guide-hurricanes-and-heartbreak