Making a epub
Converting the book to epub
Contents of an .epub file
content.opf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" unique-identifier="bookid" version="3.0">
<metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:title>The Great Adventure</dc:title>
<dc:creator>John Smith</dc:creator>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:identifier id="bookid">urn:uuid:12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678</dc:identifier>
<!-- Additional metadata goes here -->
</metadata>
<manifest>
<item id="html" href="content.html" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="css" href="stylesheet.css" media-type="text/css" />
<item id="toc" href="toc.ncx" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" />
<!-- Add any additional items, such as images or fonts, with their respective media types and file paths -->
</manifest>
<spine toc="toc">
<itemref idref="html" />
<!-- Add any additional itemref elements to specify the reading order of the content -->
</spine>
</package>
Okay so lets break down what we actually need to fill out:
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dc:creator |
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dc:language |
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dc:identifier (same as unique-identifier) |
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toc.ncx
example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ncx PUBLIC "-//NISO//DTD ncx 2005-1//EN"
"http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx-2005-1.dtd">
<ncx xmlns="http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx/" version="2005-1">
<head>
<meta name="dtb:uid" content="urn:uuid:12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678" />
<meta name="dtb:depth" content="1" />
<meta name="dtb:totalPageCount" content="0" />
<meta name="dtb:maxPageNumber" content="0" />
</head>
<docTitle>
<text>The Great Adventure</text>
</docTitle>
<navMap>
<navPoint id="navPoint-1" playOrder="1">
<navLabel>
<text>Chapter 1</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="chapter1.html" />
</navPoint>
<navPoint id="navPoint-2" playOrder="2">
<navLabel>
<text>Chapter 2</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="chapter2.html" />
</navPoint>
<!-- Additional navPoint elements for more chapters or sections -->
</navMap>
</ncx>stylesheet.css
images/
html files
Head section
Title
A developer’s journey
What goes into the meta tags
Turns out that the meta tags are not the primary place for metadata, but the content.opf is. As for keywords they are entered separately during the publishing process.
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description |
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keywords |
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Body section
Distribution
Amazon Kindle Publishing Direct
KDP Help page here
Kindle Previewer here
Apple books
Promotion