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Lancelot13 · 06-04-2013, 01:15 PM

So I dug up some old approved epubs, and out of curiosity, I ran a dozen or so through the new epubchecks. The end result is 9/10 had some kind of errors or warnings or both. Which makes me think someone has been approving without getting these files fully validated or our distributors hasn't been as diligent either before putting our files on sale.

Of course, these files has been on sales for a while now. So my question is would anyone in their right mind continue to turn a blind eye? If so, why? I suspect these old files to be ticking time bombs just waiting to stop working and crash out of newer ereaders? Am I right? or Am I worrying too much about trivial warnings and errors when files still are side-loading and QA okay?

06-04-2013, 01:15 PM	#1
Lancelot13 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: none	Is it wise to ignore epubcheck warnings and/or errors? So I dug up some old approved epubs, and out of curiosity, I ran a dozen or so through the new epubchecks. The end result is 9/10 had some kind of errors or warnings or both. Which makes me think someone has been approving without getting these files fully validated or our distributors hasn't been as diligent either before putting our files on sale. Of course, these files has been on sales for a while now. So my question is would anyone in their right mind continue to turn a blind eye? If so, why? I suspect these old files to be ticking time bombs just waiting to stop working and crash out of newer ereaders? Am I right? or Am I worrying too much about trivial warnings and errors when files still are side-loading and QA okay?