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Exporting EPUBs directly from InDesign often generates bloated, invalid markup and unpredictable mobile rendering. DinoEPUB parses packaged IDML archives, extracts paragraph and character style hierarchies, optimizes linked assets, and packages validated reflowable EPUB3 files.
DinoEPUB by TechDino provides Adobe InDesign to EPUB conversion services for book publishers and layout designers worldwide, starting at $9.99 per book up to 300 pages. We process packaged InDesign IDML files, mapping paragraph and character styles directly to clean semantic HTML5, extracting and optimizing linked graphic assets, and compiling valid EPUB3 ebooks verified through EPUBCheck.
Semantic Style Preservation
We ingest Adobe InDesign Markup Language (IDML) packages, avoiding proprietary INDD binary corruption and producing clean HTML5 stylesheets.
To ensure accurate automated parsing and style fidelity, we require packaged IDML files rather than bare binary INDD documents.
IDML (InDesign Markup Language) exports all stories, styles, geometry, and asset manifests into a standard XML container. This allows our automated pipeline to parse styles without missing fonts or version lock issues.
Proprietary INDD files cannot be read reliably without the exact version of Adobe InDesign that created them. If you only possess INDD files, use InDesign's "Package" feature or export to IDML before submitting.
Transparent pricing: $9.99 for the first 300 pages, plus $8.00 per additional 300-page block.
$9.99
1 to 300 pages
Base block. Covers standard trade non-fiction and monographs.
$17.99
301 to 600 pages
Base $9.99 + $8.00 additional block. Detailed biographies and textbooks.
$25.99
601 to 900 pages
Base $9.99 + $16.00 (two additional blocks). Multi-chapter collections.
Standard digital PDF to EPUB from $5.99 for up to 300 pages. Universal USD pricing worldwide with zero hidden recurring fees.
Automated rates apply only to supported, clean, relatively straightforward source documents. Scanned PDFs, multi-column print magazines, image-heavy textbooks, and complex layouts require specialist QA or custom scoping.
Digital PDF bulk tiers: 1–9 ($5.99/book), 10–49 ($5.49/book), 50–99 ($4.99/book), 100+ (Custom quote).
Standard text-based digital PDFs converted to reflowable EPUB3 with automated header, footer, and hyphenation cleanup.
$5.99 / book (1 title)
Turnaround: approx. 1–2 business days
All amounts are estimates subject to source file review. Single USD price worldwide.
Fixed per-book pricing for clean, repeatable source files. No stacking percentage discounts.
1 – 9 books
$5.99 / book
$5.99 per book up to 300 pages. Direct intake for individual titles.
10 – 49 books
$5.49 / book
$5.49 per book up to 300 pages. Frontlist & quarterly catalog releases.
50 – 99 books
$4.99 / book
$4.99 per book up to 300 pages. Backlist digitization programs.
100+ books
Custom Quote
Custom quotation with agreed delivery schedule and dedicated queue.
Choose the service level matched to your book's typographic and structural complexity.
DOCX/XML $4.99 • Digital PDF $5.99
Automated document decomposition, heading parsing, and EPUBCheck syntax validation. Ideal for clean novels, memoirs, and plain prose with standard chapter structures.
Note: Automated validation only; no line-by-line manual proofreading.From $14.99 — Quote Required
AI structural extraction paired with hands-on formatting spot-checks of table of contents jumps, footnote links, image sizing, and visual inspection in Kindle Previewer and Apple Books.
Best for InDesign packages, illustrated non-fiction, and trade non-fiction.From $29.99 — Quote Required
Full manual proofing and typesetting review across every page. Covers mathematical expressions (MathML), multi-column nested tables, historical OCR noise correction, and RTL multilingual books.
Best for academic presses, STEM journals, textbooks, and complex backlists.Send us your manuscript or sample chapter. We will convert up to 5 pages into validated EPUB3 free of charge, demonstrating structural fidelity before you commit.
Details on IDML preparation, font embedding, and stylesheet mappings.
Adobe InDesign Markup Language (IDML) is an open, XML-based archive format that separates document geometry, paragraph styles, and text stories cleanly. Native INDD binary files depend on specific proprietary InDesign version locks, whereas IDML allows reliable automated parsing, style extraction, and clean HTML5 mapping.
We map your InDesign paragraph styles (such as Chapter Title, Heading 2, Body Text, Blockquote) and character styles (Italics, Bold, Small Caps, Superscript) directly to semantic HTML5 tags and CSS classes, avoiding bloated inline style attributes.
Supported IDML packages cost $9.99 for the first 300 pages, with +$8.00 per additional 300-page block or fraction thereof. Highly complex multi-column designs or fixed-layout packages are quoted upon review.
Use InDesign's Package feature (File > Package) or export directly to IDML (File > Export > InDesign Markup). Provide the IDML file along with your linked high-resolution images and custom font files in a single ZIP archive or cloud link.
Yes. For illustrated children's books, art monographs, and graphic-heavy volumes where exact print layout must be retained, we provide fixed-layout (FXL) EPUB packaging scoped through custom quotation.
Upload your packaged IDML file. Receive a free 5-page sample conversion and a detailed production quote.