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pholy · 05-30-2012, 09:22 AM

You have to re-zip the files, of course - but it's not so simple as that

The mimetype file must be first, and it must be uncompressed. With Linux, I use a two step process:

zip book-file.epub -DX0 mimetype
zip book-file.epub -rDX9 *

Linux zip does not require the .zip extension, and I'm obviously using the command line. For the Mac, pdurrant has written a script that does all the right stuff. I'm not sure how the Windows version of zip differs from the Linux version. Perhaps someone else can jump in on that aspect.

05-30-2012, 09:22 AM	#4
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	You have to re-zip the files, of course - but it's not so simple as that The mimetype file must be first, and it must be uncompressed. With Linux, I use a two step process: zip book-file.epub -DX0 mimetype zip book-file.epub -rDX9 * Linux zip does not require the .zip extension, and I'm obviously using the command line. For the Mac, pdurrant has written a script that does all the right stuff. I'm not sure how the Windows version of zip differs from the Linux version. Perhaps someone else can jump in on that aspect.