Thread: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xb1 in position 18: invalid start byte
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Old 11-11-2012, 02:04 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
FYI: Using

zip -FF bad.epub --out fixed.epub

should fix the central directory issue.
I see that the release notes for 0.9.6 indicate an attempt to incorporate some code to tackle the 'utf8 problem'. Thank you. In the end, though, I had to download 7zip, which was able to examine the epub which was giving me trouble, but more importantly, delete the offending file and repack.

Attached is a partial listing of the troublesome epub TOC, thanks to 7Zip.

Interestingly, this book traveled as is without any tweaking from my ADE2.0 installation to my Adobe-authorized Kobo Touch without so much as a hiccup. A new speedbump from publishers, perhaps??
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