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Old 07-17-2013, 10:07 PM   #76
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Hi Dale,

Thanks for your help. I did as directed and this output was returned:

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W:\Documents\epub>type "\\.psf\Home\Documents\epub\The Cold Elf.epub"
PK♥♦
`½▄6oa½,¶ ¶ mimetypeapplication/epub+zipPK♥♦¶ á]π6
g╚╙ú ± ▬ META-INF/container.xmlUÄ┴
┬0►D∩é*►÷*m⌠
looks like I've got an extra line there...is that a possible issue?
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Old 07-18-2013, 01:17 AM   #77
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No, that looks fine. It is exactly what you should expect. The additional line doesn't matter. Only the 2 PK's with the mimetype in between matters.
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Old 07-18-2013, 11:20 AM   #78
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Ok, thanks. Well, it's obvious the problem is with Smashwords then.

I had contacted them earlier but still have not heard back.

After Googling some more, it seems that the browser may be reporting the mimetype wrong at upload time -but still only with their service.

The funny thing is one of the recommended solutions was to upload using Chrome, except that I was already using Chrome, so that's already tried and failed.

Just for closure I'll report back if I get any decent workaround or resolution from Smashwords.
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Old 07-18-2013, 07:37 PM   #79
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For what it's worth, I have submitted epub books to Smashwords that I made using this applescript and they were accepted.

Is it possible Apple iTunes added its iTunesMetadata.plist? That might cause problems with Smashwords.
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Old 07-18-2013, 07:56 PM   #80
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For what it's worth, I have submitted epub books to Smashwords that I made using this applescript and they were accepted.

Is it possible Apple iTunes added its iTunesMetadata.plist? That might cause problems with Smashwords.
Yeah, it's definitely not this script. I was grasping at straws, apparently. The epubs I create are accepted everywhere else. I'm just going to have to backup and go through my process of building the files to see where I could be going wrong.

Smashwords responded to me today but all they will say is to make sure it's an epub 2, as they don't accept epub 3 yet.

I don't want to hijack this thread any longer since my issue is not with this script, but thanks to all who made suggestions, I appreciate it.
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Old 08-03-2013, 04:40 PM   #81
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ePub Unzip 1.0 app and the Epub Zip 1.0.3.app

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First I wanted to thank pdurrant so much for writing the EPUB Zip script!

However I disagree that unzipping is so easy. I've had some EPUBs that do not properly unzip with the Finder's native unzipper (and renaming your files is a pain if you need to do it a lot). Using pdurrant's code as a reference, I went ahead and made an UnZip app that uses the terminal command which I find more reliable.

While I was at it I updated the EPUB Zip 1.0.2.app to remove the confirmation dialog at the end (to speed things up) and make the dialog messages more consistent with the UnZipper I created.

Here's the new version for all to enjoy. It contains:
EPUB UnZip 1.0.app
EPUB Zip 1.0.3.app


Thanks again for your contribution.
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Dan,

I would like to try the ePub Unzip and the Epub Zip, where can I get them?

Thanks!
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Old 08-03-2013, 05:17 PM   #82
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Dan,

I would like to try the ePub Unzip and the Epub Zip, where can I get them?

Thanks!
Dan posted them in his very next post to the one you quoted. But since he posted them I enhanced my AppleScript to do both zipping and unzipping.
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Old 08-03-2013, 05:21 PM   #83
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Dan posted them in his very next post to the one you quoted. But since he posted them I enhanced my AppleScript to do both zipping and unzipping.
Hi, That is great! Where can I find them?

Thanks!
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Hi, That is great! Where can I find them?

Thanks!
Dan's scripts.

My script.

(From this post and this post respectively.)
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Hi, That is great! Where can I find them?

Thanks!
I just found them. Thanks!
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Dan's scripts.

My script.

(From this post and this post respectively.)


Hi, You are just wonderful! Thanks so much!
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ePub Zip/Unzip 2.1.1 copies folder

Today, when dropping a complete EPUB folder onto the ePub Zip/Unzip 2.1.1 icon (OS X 10.8.5) it started copying the epub folder before compressing it into an epub file. As a result, I get original, original.epub + copy1, copy1.epub generated, instead of original, (new)original.epub, and so on.

What's happening? Is this just a bug in 2.1.1 or is it something on my Mac?
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OK, a restart cured that condition!
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Thanks pdurrant- this still continues to help.
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Dan's scripts.

My script.

(From this post and this post respectively.)
hi I just came across this I know its a old post but I was wondering if this works for Windows as well I have version 8
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