I work for a small publisher, and about half of our (print) books are in
FM8. In the last year we have migrated all new projects to InDesign,
mostly because most of our contract book designers work in InDesign and
we needed to be consistent with what they were doing. We have 8 to 10
books in FM8 that I need to migrate to ePub, ideally with as little cost
as possible. After this conversion, we won’t be using FrameMaker much
anymore, so I don’t want to invest any more than needed.
So… some questions:
--Do I need to upgrade to a more current version of Frame to do this?
--Is there an intermediary piece of software I need to buy?
--Can anyone recommend a good reference (web site, book, etc.)
describing
how to convert Frame documents to ePub?
Thanks in advance.
Tina
Others have offered many suggestions that I won't duplicate, although I do
concur that using Calibre is probably your best bet if you don't want to
buy something like WebWorks that has direct FM support.
You might consider buying a copy of How to Format Your eBook for Kindle,
Nook, Smashwords, and Everything Else, by Paul Salvette. While the
approach the author takes for the initial formatting (converting Word to
plain HTML) isn't suitable for you, he does offer a lot of advice on how
to use Calibre as well as lots of detail on the ePub format, including how
to work around or resolve many formatting problems that you might run
into. The book is only $3.00 in Kindle format. (I haven't checked, but I
wouldn't be surprised if it was available in ePub from BN).
Regards
Keith
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