thebookwright Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 I've done a few books now for the Amazon Desktop Platform & looking at the XHTML that Storyist generates, outputting a file that can be zipped for upload looks like it would be doable Forgive me if this has come up before but a quick search didn't yield anything On another note, would Storyist not be a good aggregator to submit Storyist generated books to the app store - nice model perhaps & one that I'd be interested in supporting professionally too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoKid Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Storyist can currently export to the ePub format. As for exporting directly to the Kindle format, only Steve can answer about if/when that will happen. Until then, you can use KindleGen, which lets you convert from ePub to the Kindle Format. To install kindlegen, just extract it, and I copied the "kindlegen" file to "/usr/local/bin" You don't have to do this, but it'll let you use the command anywhere. If you don't want to copy it to "/usr/local/bin" then you can copy your exported ePub file and copy the ePub file to the directory kindlegen is in. To convert the book to the kindle format, you type something like (in the Terminal): kindlegen mybook.epub Then it'll create mybook.mobi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebookwright Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Thanks so much - two useful tools in one reply as they have a simuator now too Any news on when Amazon will allow a-v uploads like the Knitting for Dummies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Hi The Bookwright, Thank you for the requests. I've done a few books now for the Amazon Desktop Platform & looking at the XHTML that Storyist generates, outputting a file that can be zipped for upload looks like it would be doable Forgive me if this has come up before but a quick search didn't yield anything I'd considered adding AZW support (and still may), but the idea of generating the intermediate HTML containing Amazon's quirky custom tags is an interesting one. In your experience, does submitting HTML to DTP (rather than an AZW/Mobi file) yield good results? On another note, would Storyist not be a good aggregator to submit Storyist generated books to the app store - nice model perhaps & one that I'd be interested in supporting professionally too That would certainly make it easier for self-publishers. Unfortunately, I think that anything Storyist could provide would be short-term. As time goes by, I expect that Apple will handle more and more of the aggregation themselves. They like cutting out the middle men. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebookwright Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 You are probably right Steve - I think Amazon won't be playing once Apple do with iTunes for books what they did for music - am just loving the product by the way The KindleGen's a good stop gap - great support too - love the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marguerite Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 You are probably right Steve - I think Amazon won't be playing once Apple do with iTunes for books what they did for music - am just loving the product by the way The KindleGen's a good stop gap - great support too - love the forum calibre also does good ePub to Mobi conversion, and it's free. Stanza works, too, but not as well, as it does not recognize italics. ePub, of course, you can load directly to an iPad via iTunes. Best, and welcome to the forums, Marguerite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hi The Bookwright, Storyist 2.3, released today, generates Kindle editions. Thanks for the request. Be sure to check out the screencast. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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