# Big Improvements In Ebook Creation

DevFeed: [Big Improvements In Ebook Creation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/big-improvements-in-ebook-creation-32203.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bruceeckel.com/2015/03/31/big-improvements-in-ebook-creation/>)

Author: Bruce Eckel

Published: 2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Bruce Eckel - Computing Thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bruce-eckel-computing-thoughts.md>)

Topics: [Scala](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scala.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

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## AI overview

The author describes producing the second-edition Atomic Scala eBook from Word, using a Python build script, BeautifulSoup4, filtered HTML, CSS, and Calibre. Calibre generated an apparently flawless EPUB for iPad, while its MOBI output remained inadequate.

## Source excerpt

I just finished the eBook of the 2nd edition of Atomic Scala. The PDF is, of course, the easiest since it gets created directly from Word (before you tell me I should use something other than Word -- I have done numerous experiments, and Word still provides the most power of anything I've found that allows a single document to produce camera-ready publishable pages, and at the same time generates and maintains a table of contents and index).