Epubs have special zipping requirements see http://www.hxa.name/articles/content/epub-guide_hxa7241_2007.html#containerstructure for information on correctly zipping epubs
On 15 Apr 2017, at 14:29, @lbutlr <[email protected]> wrote: > When adding an epub to iBooks, iBooks deflates the file and turns it into a > package. these packages (folders) do not work for Calibre or most readers, so > I tried zipping the directory and then renaming the resulting file to > "book.epub" but Calibre still seems to get hung up on it. Also, if I compare > the size of the zipped epub to the file of the epub before iBooks got to it, > it's smaller. > > > pre-ibooks : Book.epub 2.4MB > iBooks : book.epub/ 2.4MB > zipped : Book.epub 880KB > > Is there something else to compressing an epos folder into an epub files that > I need to do? > > -- > Apple broke AppleScripting signatures in Mail.app, so no random signatures. > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk David P Henderson c: 757.286.3212 -- "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." -- Bill Vaughn _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
