How to make personal EPUBS compatible with Sony Reader PRS-505

georger · 08-13-2008, 04:34 PM

With sony releasing the update that allows their reader to support the epub file format i have developed the desire to upload my own personal epubs to my sony reader. i upload my epubs to the reader but when i go to read one on the reader i get an error message and cannot read the book. does anyone know how i can get the epubs that i make readable on my sony reader? thanks

-george

georger · 08-13-2008, 04:41 PM

fyi when i say personal epubs i mean epubs that i make from indesign

dynabook · 08-13-2008, 05:14 PM

Try this:

Producing EPUB Documents from InDesign

http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaleditio...sign-epub.html

Hadrien · 08-13-2008, 06:56 PM

If you get an error message on the PRS-505 and the same file works fine on DE desktop then I know the problem: you're using a single XML flow or one of your XML flows is too large. That's a common problem with the mobile version of DE.

Jim Lester · 08-13-2008, 07:14 PM

I would do the following.
Check to see if your ePub file displays in Digital Editions.
The run epub check on your ePub to see if it turns up anything interesting.

Also you may want to read our "EPUB Best Practices Guide" (this one is on our dev center which has other good info as well)
Of particular note is a memory problem we have on the Sony Reader, if you have a single chapter (the XHTML document not including the images) that has a size of greater 300K (uncompressed). (I see Hadrien beat me to this one

)

If after that you think there is still a problem email me and I'll start up a bug report for you.

08-13-2008, 04:34 PM	#1
georger Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: cybook gen3	How to make personal EPUBS compatible with Sony Reader PRS-505 With sony releasing the update that allows their reader to support the epub file format i have developed the desire to upload my own personal epubs to my sony reader. i upload my epubs to the reader but when i go to read one on the reader i get an error message and cannot read the book. does anyone know how i can get the epubs that i make readable on my sony reader? thanks -george

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08-13-2008, 04:41 PM	#2
georger Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: cybook gen3	fyi when i say personal epubs i mean epubs that i make from indesign

08-13-2008, 05:14 PM	#3
dynabook Techno-geek Posts: 225 Karma: 1116651 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: PRS-T1 (Black), PRS-T3S (Black), Kobo Aura ONE	Try this: Producing EPUB Documents from InDesign http://blogs.adobe.com/digitaleditio...sign-epub.html

08-13-2008, 06:56 PM	#4
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	If you get an error message on the PRS-505 and the same file works fine on DE desktop then I know the problem: you're using a single XML flow or one of your XML flows is too large. That's a common problem with the mobile version of DE.

08-13-2008, 07:14 PM	#5
Jim Lester Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 14682 Join Date: May 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Device: Nook HD, Nook for Windows 8	I would do the following. Check to see if your ePub file displays in Digital Editions. The run epub check on your ePub to see if it turns up anything interesting. Also you may want to read our "EPUB Best Practices Guide" (this one is on our dev center which has other good info as well) Of particular note is a memory problem we have on the Sony Reader, if you have a single chapter (the XHTML document not including the images) that has a size of greater 300K (uncompressed). (I see Hadrien beat me to this one ) If after that you think there is still a problem email me and I'll start up a bug report for you.

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