ebooks from FM books - via robohelp or some other way?

[Keith.Soltys at tmx.com]

> Hi everyone
> 
> We've got multi-chapter documents where the source files are 
unstructured
> FM10 book files. We'd like to publish as epub files too.
> 
> What software are people using for that?
> 
> We've just played with Elmsoft's new EPubFm but it doesn't work on book 
> files, just standalone FM files. We don't have the resources to convert 
> to structured FM, and the books are format-heavy enough that 
save-as-html
> looks crappy.
> 
> Adobe's marketing material shows FM with an epub option if you're using 
> FM and Robohelp from the Tech Comms Suite. We haven't got the suite - 
> does anyone know if you can get this FM option by just adding Robohelp 
on
> top of a standard FM installation?
> 
> Any advice or success stories gratefully accepted!
> 
> Cheers
> Rebecca

If your books are format-heavy, then you may have problems. EPUB doesn't 
handle complex formatting very well without a lot of tweaking, and things 
like complex or nested tables may not work at all.

Also consider what devices your books will be viewed on. An EPUB book on a 
10" tablet like an iPad is one thing; it's a very different proposition if 
you're looking at it on a 6" E Ink reader like a Nook or Kindle, and even 
more so on a smartphone with a 4" screen.

WebWorks ePublisher will work on a whole book or multiple files from a 
book and links to your FM source files. 

Regards
Keith
--
Keith Soltys
Senior Technical Writer
Architecture
TMX Group
(416) 947-4397
http://www.tmx.com/



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