Hello all,
I'd like to invite users who are proficient at building personal books to share the workflows and scripts that they are using, provided these work effectively. It would be best to keep to those tried and true rather than have off the cuff suggestions. One of the turn-offs to building personal books is the work that it involves if it is to be done manually. Scripts that efficiently automate the process would encourage more users to pitch in. I'd be one of them. For instance, I looked at a personal book that was shared recently, and it lacked its datatype. I read some of the very helpful guidelines on the wiki on finding the datatype and formatting for it, yet I'd still need to figure out a way to automate this. I can do research on that but why should we all research the same things instead of just sharing what has been tried and proven effective? Hence this post. Looking your way @Dave Hooton (as well as anybody else who wants to contribute).
Sharing could include what apps you have found most effective to do what. For instance, if one finds the source as a PDF and needs to split it, convert to Docx etc., before running scripts to format it as personal books, the apps or online sites you found most effective, especially free ones that everybody can access and use.
