Comments on: Creating eBooks: An ePub Tutorial http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/ I dream, too. Mostly about fish. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Arachne Jericho http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Arachne Jericho Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:42:33 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2368 Lucas, Epubcheck isn't infallible unfortunately, and has bugs. It's a <a href="http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/" rel="nofollow">google code project</a>, and so people can file bugs/ask questions. I don't know what the difference between dc:identifier and dtb:uid, but it's probably a good idea to make them match up. Different reader implementations will latch onto one or the other to ID texts. Lucas,

Epubcheck isn’t infallible unfortunately, and has bugs. It’s a google code project, and so people can file bugs/ask questions.

I don’t know what the difference between dc:identifier and dtb:uid, but it’s probably a good idea to make them match up. Different reader implementations will latch onto one or the other to ID texts.

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Lucas Gonze Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:52:29 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2363 I tried out MIMETYPE with and without a newline and epubcheck didn't complain either way. I tested a no -newline version on Adobe's reader it opened fine. For full-path I tested with ./ as a prefix and found that epubcheck couldn't process it, even though it's legal. The IDs got munged up during posting because I included XML. The question is what the difference is between dc:identifier in the .opf file and meta name="dtb:uid" in toc.ncx. I tried out MIMETYPE with and without a newline and epubcheck didn’t complain either way. I tested a no -newline version on Adobe’s reader it opened fine.

For full-path I tested with ./ as a prefix and found that epubcheck couldn’t process it, even though it’s legal.

The IDs got munged up during posting because I included XML. The question is what the difference is between dc:identifier in the .opf file and meta name=”dtb:uid” in toc.ncx.

]]> By: Arachne Jericho http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Arachne Jericho Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:21:32 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2360 Hello Lucas! There's a newline at the end of the mime type for the books I've created, but I don't know if it's necessary or not. Yup, the full-path is indeed relative to the root of the distro. I'm not sure which IDs you're referring to? Hello Lucas!

There’s a newline at the end of the mime type for the books I’ve created, but I don’t know if it’s necessary or not.

Yup, the full-path is indeed relative to the root of the distro.

I’m not sure which IDs you’re referring to?

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Lucas Gonze Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:39:17 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2359 Some things that I had to scratch my head over - Does the mime type need a newline after it? In META-INF/container.xml, I think but am not sure that full-path is relative to the root of the distro, so there's an implied META-INF/.. . For example, the following is the correct full path for the metadata.opf in the parent of META-info: Are these two IDs the same? metadata.opf: foo toc.ncx: Some things that I had to scratch my head over -

Does the mime type need a newline after it?

In META-INF/container.xml, I think but am not sure that full-path is relative to the root of the distro, so there’s an implied META-INF/.. . For example, the following is the correct full path for the metadata.opf in the parent of META-info:

Are these two IDs the same?
metadata.opf: foo
toc.ncx:

]]> By: Arachne Jericho http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 Arachne Jericho Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:17:56 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2307 Hello Biranchi, I don't know what the problem could be. File corruption, maybe, but I'm not sure. Sorry I can't be of more help. :( Hello Biranchi,

I don’t know what the problem could be. File corruption, maybe, but I’m not sure.

Sorry I can’t be of more help. :(

]]> By: Biranchi http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Biranchi Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:40:18 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2305 Hi , I downloaded few epub books from "http://www.epubbooks.com/books" , when i renamed the .epub extension to .zip and tried to unzip them, then they are not getting unzipped , What might be the problem ? any suggestion is welcomed. Thanks.. Hi ,

I downloaded few epub books from “http://www.epubbooks.com/books” ,
when i renamed the .epub extension to .zip and tried to unzip them,
then they are not getting unzipped ,

What might be the problem ?

any suggestion is welcomed.

Thanks..

]]> By: Seth http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 Seth Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:30:47 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2143 Wow. This is pretty complex. Even starting with text in ASCII format. Taking scans off the printed page would just be a beast to tackle! Great job on your tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to create and post it! Seth Wow. This is pretty complex. Even starting with text in ASCII format. Taking scans off the printed page would just be a beast to tackle!

Great job on your tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to create and post it!

Seth

]]> By: Michael Pastore http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 Michael Pastore Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:57:12 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2137 Thanks so much for posting this! ... I'll come back with some silly questions later in the week. Keep up the great work. ... MP Thanks so much for posting this! … I’ll come back with some silly questions later in the week. Keep up the great work. … MP

]]> By: Isaac Guenard http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2133 Isaac Guenard Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:08:53 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2133 Awesome tutorial. Thank you. Awesome tutorial. Thank you.

]]> By: Arachne Jericho http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/12/13/creating-ebooks-an-epub-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Arachne Jericho Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:51:28 +0000 http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/?p=3119#comment-2088 Thanks, Hadrien. The tutorial section and the EPub have both been updated. Thanks, Hadrien. The tutorial section and the EPub have both been updated.

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