The Random Ebooks Questions Post

[elf]

Ask your questions! Get answers! Maybe even useful answers!

Ask anything! Ask about ereaders, or filetypes, or conversion methods, or where to find books, or which authors don't like ebooks, or what software works on which computers, or anything else ebook-related. Preferably, put the question, or part of it, in the subject line. That way, the questions will be easy to find, and new readers who show up can see if their question has been asked before.

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Sigil, coding, and breaking files into bits

[adelheid]

I have a file with multiple titles that I would like to be able to break up into the separate titles, provide with tables of contents, and if at all possible, correct the typos (okay, I'd correct the typos if I cared enough, which I doubt I ever will.)

Before I download Sigil (and start learning coding - eek!) I'd like to know how much of that Sigil will be able to do/help me do. Can someone give me a brief rundown? Thanks!

Re: Sigil, coding, and breaking files into bits

[elf]

I speak no Sigil. However, from what I've been able to pick up, that sounds like what it can do. (Not sure what you mean by "break up into the separate titles"--make a TOC in the one book, or convert into several ebooks?)

I suspect that Sigil is the best tool for what you want, even if it doesn't do everything. It may involve weird options like copying the original book several times & deleting everything you don't want, instead of "split into several ebooks," but other than that, I believe it'll work; I know it can put in tables of contents & allow you to fix typos.

The Mobileread Sigil forum is probably a good place to check.