How do I convert a text file to the EPUB format?

How do I convert a text file to the EPUB format? I have a bunch of book length text files I'd really like to read on my EPUB reader (as it happens FBReaderJ). What would be the best route to convert them?
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bert [Entry]

"For the Mac OS X and Windows, I have had success with Stanza for Desktop.

This supports a good range of export formats.

More importantly, it copes very well with

detecting chapters in large text files.
unicode, including ""significant"" characters like < and &."

bert [Entry]

"You may want to try ODFToEPub. This is an OpenOffice extension that lets you export a document to ePub.

http://www.pincette.biz/odftoepub/"
"You may want to try ODFToEPub. This is an OpenOffice extension that lets you export a document to ePub.

http://www.pincette.biz/odftoepub/"

bert [Entry]

"Best way to convert to epub is with Calibre, it's free and really easy to do. I just had to do this with a bunch of documents for our sales team to take into the field with the iPad. Here's the guide I used:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/12/convert-to-epub/

Free download, quick conversions, doesn't get much better."

bert [Entry]

Well, it's been a while, so FWIW, FBReader now has very decent support for reading pure .txt files.