JoeatData
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Hi, we are a book printer and we are having some of our clients asking about epub format. Sales and Upper Management have asked the prepress department if we can research and produce epubs for clients.
During my research I found that we can produce epubs through the newer versions of Quark and Indesign(which is still a work in progress). First of all we are supplied final pdfs about 80%-90% of the time. We do have clients that supply final Indesign and Quark files. We do no design work.
My first question is: If clients have a design department or a source where their book is designed for them wouldn't it be easier for that designer to produce a final epub for them?
My first though with the research I have done it would seem more feasible for the client to ask the designer to do that for them instead of us(the printer). Am I wrong to think this? This is not exactly what I want to tell our Sales and Management when we are trying to scratch out more sales and maintain our client base in these economic times. Is there any profit for us? Or is it just more work?
My next question is: Is there any software(software that actually works) that produces epub from pdfs? Like I said, about 80%-90% is supplied in pdf format. I have found software of things from the internet but these first few tests have failed when trying to convert. I have scripted pdfs into indesign and had some success when producing epubs, but it only seems to be correct when the bookmarks in the pdf are present. We do have clients that create pdfs from Word and this turns into a big mess usually.
How are they doing epubs from old publications where there aren't electronic files? Are these older publication scanned then an OCR placed for the chapter breaks?
I have been using Indesign CS5.5 for most of my testing and viewing the product in Adobe Digital Edition 1.7.2. I have found a couple of video's to help. I am wondering if there are any shortcuts, hints, or situations that others have had to deal with while working with epubs.
Any info that anyone has will be helpful and appreciated. Thanks
During my research I found that we can produce epubs through the newer versions of Quark and Indesign(which is still a work in progress). First of all we are supplied final pdfs about 80%-90% of the time. We do have clients that supply final Indesign and Quark files. We do no design work.
My first question is: If clients have a design department or a source where their book is designed for them wouldn't it be easier for that designer to produce a final epub for them?
My first though with the research I have done it would seem more feasible for the client to ask the designer to do that for them instead of us(the printer). Am I wrong to think this? This is not exactly what I want to tell our Sales and Management when we are trying to scratch out more sales and maintain our client base in these economic times. Is there any profit for us? Or is it just more work?
My next question is: Is there any software(software that actually works) that produces epub from pdfs? Like I said, about 80%-90% is supplied in pdf format. I have found software of things from the internet but these first few tests have failed when trying to convert. I have scripted pdfs into indesign and had some success when producing epubs, but it only seems to be correct when the bookmarks in the pdf are present. We do have clients that create pdfs from Word and this turns into a big mess usually.
How are they doing epubs from old publications where there aren't electronic files? Are these older publication scanned then an OCR placed for the chapter breaks?
I have been using Indesign CS5.5 for most of my testing and viewing the product in Adobe Digital Edition 1.7.2. I have found a couple of video's to help. I am wondering if there are any shortcuts, hints, or situations that others have had to deal with while working with epubs.
Any info that anyone has will be helpful and appreciated. Thanks