Comments on Profile Post by Indiboy

  1. Hasseno
    Hasseno
    Thank you very much!

    It takes time to prepare the things to create the book.
    The most tedious part is finding the most suitable image for a cover page. Varies between 10min to hours if the image is really hard to find.

    If everything is in place? and starting from scratch? Usually 5 to 10 minutes. Updating is a lot faster, but i also proofread and sometimes do edits, so give or take 5mins.
    Dec 17, 2016
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  2. Indiboy
    Indiboy
    How do you download the pages?
    Is there a single script or you make new scripts for different sites?
    In any case, i can only say that you are much better than all the other epub makers for these kind of novels!
    Thanks
    Dec 17, 2016
  3. Hasseno
    Hasseno
    I do it manually. I tried some scripts but they weren't up to my standards. They just give more problems than intended. So everything is manually done.
    Dec 18, 2016
  4. Indiboy
    Indiboy
    Doing it manually for 100s of chapters!
    You deserve praise
    I create ebooks for personal use, using scripts... They are not horrible but still there are issues like sometimes title is included inside and sometimes not in the main text extracted...
    But it doesn't matter coz it's personal use only.
    Dec 18, 2016
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  5. Hasseno
    Hasseno
    We all start at the same point. Even my first ebooks are cringe-worthy.
    Practice makes everything better.
    Dec 18, 2016
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  6. Indiboy
    Indiboy
    Dec 18, 2016
  7. Hasseno
    Hasseno
    If you don't mind my asking, what program do you use to create the ePubs?
    Dec 18, 2016
  8. Indiboy
    Indiboy
    I make them on my android phone using a script...
    Epub is a zipped file with some text files inside.... So my script creates these txt files and then zip it
    It would need to be fixed with calibre or another software...
    But it works fine on moon reader without any editing..
    I rarely use PC.. So it is a plus for me
    Dec 18, 2016
  9. Hasseno
    Hasseno
    just my thoughts.
    1) book cover can be improved
    2) the content is good! No formatting present.
    3) but is in single space. (depends. maybe good/bad)
    4) no boundary for footnotes.
    5) Inconsistent title formats.

    You can improve on those, i think.
    Dec 18, 2016
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  10. Indiboy
    Indiboy
    Thanks for the suggestions
    I have made an addition to my script to use a custom image...
    Earlier i was using all the info from novel updates including cover.
    Is in single space? You mean there is no boundary between title and body?
    Ok will work on it,
    Inconsistent title format would need manual editing...
    Now i will go back to i improving my script....
    Thanks once again
    Dec 19, 2016