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ralphiedee · 07-29-2012, 10:05 AM

This is the place for all my answers as you guys have been a MOJOR help navigating thru this ever changing world of epubs. In this case I have an epub which was originally designed in InDesign CS5.5 by a client of mine for print. I re did the files using the articles panel, cleaned up the css and thought I had a slam dunk when I got no problems found after the clean up in Sigil.

My client sent me a list of errors he received from trying to upload the book to LuLu. Before I list the errors I just want to make sure that my routine for doing epubs is correct as it seems that Sigil does NOT catch certain errors.

Skipping the preliminaries, lets just say I 'm in Sigil and I get a "no problems found" msg. I thought I was good to go but after reading I had a choice of EPub validators to use for a second check. I stood away from the command line apps when I saw "epub checker" I'm in OS X so it made perfect sense to me but as I tried to correct any errors e pub checker found I got the " no errors or warnings found" msg and thought I was good. But now my next step is logical, if the epub in question validates thru LuLu it would validate for ITunes and Nook.

So I uploaded the epub file I thought was error free after checking thru e pub checker and LuLu gives me the following error

Oops! You uploaded an invalid EPUB file. Details...
The following issues were found with your EPUB, which can effect its eligibility for certain channels:

Contains invalid images. (the iBookstore and Barnes & Noble)
The table of contents contains one or more links without text. (the iBookstore and Barnes & Noble)
Contains invalid creator XML. (Barnes & Noble)
Contains invalid publisher XML. (Barnes & Noble)

So I need to know two things:

Is the way I'm going about this correct?
Obviously E Pub Checker is NOT reliable

I need to have the errors explained and how to correct.

thanks to you guys I got this far and I learn more everyday.

any help?

Forgot, I also used FlightCrew and the epub file that LuLu rejected FlightCrew displayed " No Problems Found" So I guess FlightCrew is OUT?

thx

rd

07-29-2012, 10:05 AM	#1
ralphiedee Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 1370 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: none	Errors in LuLu and some questions This is the place for all my answers as you guys have been a MOJOR help navigating thru this ever changing world of epubs. In this case I have an epub which was originally designed in InDesign CS5.5 by a client of mine for print. I re did the files using the articles panel, cleaned up the css and thought I had a slam dunk when I got no problems found after the clean up in Sigil. My client sent me a list of errors he received from trying to upload the book to LuLu. Before I list the errors I just want to make sure that my routine for doing epubs is correct as it seems that Sigil does NOT catch certain errors. Skipping the preliminaries, lets just say I 'm in Sigil and I get a "no problems found" msg. I thought I was good to go but after reading I had a choice of EPub validators to use for a second check. I stood away from the command line apps when I saw "epub checker" I'm in OS X so it made perfect sense to me but as I tried to correct any errors e pub checker found I got the " no errors or warnings found" msg and thought I was good. But now my next step is logical, if the epub in question validates thru LuLu it would validate for ITunes and Nook. So I uploaded the epub file I thought was error free after checking thru e pub checker and LuLu gives me the following error Oops! You uploaded an invalid EPUB file. Details... The following issues were found with your EPUB, which can effect its eligibility for certain channels: Contains invalid images. (the iBookstore and Barnes & Noble) The table of contents contains one or more links without text. (the iBookstore and Barnes & Noble) Contains invalid creator XML. (Barnes & Noble) Contains invalid publisher XML. (Barnes & Noble) So I need to know two things: Is the way I'm going about this correct? Obviously E Pub Checker is NOT reliable I need to have the errors explained and how to correct. thanks to you guys I got this far and I learn more everyday. any help? Forgot, I also used FlightCrew and the epub file that LuLu rejected FlightCrew displayed " No Problems Found" So I guess FlightCrew is OUT? thx rd Last edited by ralphiedee; 07-29-2012 at 10:23 AM.