02-27-2010, 08:47 AM | #1 |
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Bug, calibre adding .htm ebooks as ZIP ?
I was adding some books to my library today, and noticed that quite a few of them were being added to the library as ZIP format.
After a big more investigation, it turns out that all of these files, were .htm files. I opened them to check the contents, to make sure they werent actually zipfiles with .htm extensions, but they werent. If I tried to 'View' the ebooks, it opened my file manager and showed the file (as if it was a ZIP i guess). But if I chose to convert it to EPUB, it worked fine. Is this a known problem? |
02-27-2010, 09:44 AM | #2 |
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Putting HTML into a ZIP archive is by design. Calibre treats formats as single files. Since HTML can have accompanying other HTML, CSS, and images it is all put into a ZIP archive.
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02-27-2010, 09:45 AM | #3 |
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Not a problem. HTML encoded files can contain many supporting files. A ZIP is a great container to keep related pieces together.
In my case, My Astak PEz can read ZIPed HTML files directly, so no problem here. |
02-27-2010, 04:58 PM | #4 |
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Ok thanks guys. It makes sense
I was just a bit baffled at the time, because I was having problems and thought it was related to it being treated as a ZIP |
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