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Kratos · 07-24-2011, 06:16 PM

Hi DaleDe. I do appreciate you trying to help.
I used 7zip to open a copy of an epub I'd transferred. I took out the css and a couple of html files, made some minor adjustments and put them back. I then use iTunes to transfer it to my iPad but again it didn't show up in iBooks.

So again I created a new epub direct from Indesign, named it V1 and transferred it to my iPad and it did display in iBooks. I then took that exact same epub, copied it, renamed it V2 and transferred it to my iPad and it didn't display in iBooks. I repeated the experiment a couple of times and got the same results.

I then renamed a copy of a commercial epub which I previously transferred to ibooks. I've got and transferred it but that didn't show either in iBooks.

Bear in mind I don't know anything about zips/epubs but I now doubt the zipping is the problem. Is it possible that each epub has a unique identifier in it somewhere, and iBooks won't display duplicates?! And if there is, where would it be, and is there a 'safe' way to change it?
I'm using the latest version of the iOS software which is 4.34

07-24-2011, 06:16 PM	#12
Kratos Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPhone, iPad, PC	Hi DaleDe. I do appreciate you trying to help. I used 7zip to open a copy of an epub I'd transferred. I took out the css and a couple of html files, made some minor adjustments and put them back. I then use iTunes to transfer it to my iPad but again it didn't show up in iBooks. So again I created a new epub direct from Indesign, named it V1 and transferred it to my iPad and it did display in iBooks. I then took that exact same epub, copied it, renamed it V2 and transferred it to my iPad and it didn't display in iBooks. I repeated the experiment a couple of times and got the same results. I then renamed a copy of a commercial epub which I previously transferred to ibooks. I've got and transferred it but that didn't show either in iBooks. Bear in mind I don't know anything about zips/epubs but I now doubt the zipping is the problem. Is it possible that each epub has a unique identifier in it somewhere, and iBooks won't display duplicates?! And if there is, where would it be, and is there a 'safe' way to change it? I'm using the latest version of the iOS software which is 4.34 Last edited by Kratos; 07-24-2011 at 06:27 PM.