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Post by ian on Jan 5, 2020 12:43:20 GMT
Hello all I have been with Lulu since 2004 and it has been at times frustrating but also very rewarding. You can find me at www.lulu.com/spotlight/ianruxtonRight now I am having real problems creating an ebook. I have done about 13 of these in the past, so what gives? I don't know. I have contacted support (Shelby P) and have had lots of advice but no joy so far. When I upload I either get complete rejection of the file or a notice that my chapter headings are wrong, as follows: "There do not appear to be any chapters in your table of contents. This suggests that you need to properly set chapter divisions in your document." The book doesn't have chapters as such, though there are three levels of heading as allowed by Lulu. I think I have to deformat the whole document, then select the headings, then create the table of contents - is that right? Can I keep Times New Roman throughout the document? Any help much appreciated, and I sure hope the Lulu website is renewed with official forums soon. Thanks Ian |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 5, 2020 14:51:42 GMT
Okay, not being an epub expert but having created a few I'll address what I can. First, you can use whatever font and font size you want as that is one of the things a reader can adjust. Next up, Headings. This is from Lulu's guide to formatting a Word document for conversion to an epub: A well-formatted eBook only requires the use of the following styles, plus they are the only ones recognized by our converter: Heading 1 (Title, Main Sections) Heading 2 (Chapters or Sections) Heading 3 (Subsections) Normal (Paragraph or text style) Direct (Inline) Formatting such as bold, italics, bullets, and numbered lists Lulu Press has a number of FAQS on epub, but in reality if your book doesn't have chapters all you should need to use is Heading 1 on the Title and Heading 2 at the beginning of the main section. For more details from Lulu Press Inc try the following: connect.lulu.com/en/search?adv=0&cat=109&subcats=1&search=epubSince I haven't seen the file and also have no clue what word processor or other software you used to format the file, this is about as good as I can do other than suggest you check to make sure your heading styles are used in order, i.e.: H1 followed by H2. If memory serves you can use H1 followed by H1 followed by H2 but not H1 followed by H2 followed by H1. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 16:36:17 GMT
Ian, let me have a look at your Word document. It will take me a few minutes to tell you what the exact problem is. I will even test it on lulu to make sure it goes through before giving it back to you.
I always always avoid Heading 3. There's something about the converter that glitches when there is a 3rd heading.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 12:26:06 GMT
Ian, I too had made several ebooks with lulu. However I was unable to make my last one into an eBook. I contacted support but they couldn't help me. Fortunately Paul(on the staff at the old forums) was able to assist me and I was sucessful. I was so sorry to see the old forums go, but I'm happy Benziger started this new one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 17:31:23 GMT
I'm pretty sure it's Heading 3. Make them all Heading 2.
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Post by Ken on Nov 26, 2020 14:29:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2020 16:17:40 GMT
I checked it out elken but would it apply to the updated Lulu? |
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Post by Ken on Nov 26, 2020 17:01:30 GMT
Larika, I honestly don’t know as I haven’t published any eBooks recently.
However I don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t as the basic premises for eBooks have not changed.
I always approached eBooks from a technical and engineering specification basis and I was always at odds with some Lulu’ers and Lulu itself who preferred the ‘bastardized’ Word method.
I studied the published eBook standards and produced a methodology based on that which was fine for those wishing to work on employing the methodology. But for the majority of Lulu’ers, then and now I guess the same, they wanted a “what you see is what you get” similar to Web Design whereas I design from a “code” basis.
Perhaps it’s time for me to review my work and confirm my original thinking.
I hope this helps.
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