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Originally Posted by dixieknits
I purchased a book today, using a discount code from Kobobooks and it did tell me it was an epub, drm free.. However, when I downloaded it, I got a zip file with about 60 numbers and letter instead of name of my book that was full of a bunch of html files????? What on earth is this...... and why did they tell me they were downloading an epub to me. I googled about it and am waiting for my son in law to come over and help me. Not a happy customer today, but usually I love Kobo and my Glo....
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Either Kobo's website gibbled or your web browser had an issue. I've seen both when I've had a file download with odd names -- my quick test is to redownload the file with a different browser. However, epubs are a .zip file -- you can open them as an archive and take a look at the contents. I'd suggest renaming the file to whatever name you prefer (book_title - author_name.epub) and then opening it.
I've attached a screen shot of a .kepub (The Peshawar Lancers) opened in 7-Zip.
The specification for the epub file format has the following to say:
Open Container Format 2.0.1
An EPUB file is a group of files that conform to the OPS/OPF standards and are wrapped in a ZIP file.The OCF specifies how to organize these files in the ZIP, and defines two additional files that must be included.
The mimetype file must be a text document in ASCII that contains the string application/epub+zip. It must also be uncompressed, unencrypted, and the first file in the ZIP archive. This file provides a more reliable way for applications to identify the mimetype of the file than just the .epub extension.
Also, there must be a folder named META-INF, which contains the required file container.xml. This XML file points to the file defining the contents of the book. This is the OPF file, though additional alternative rootfile elements are allowed.
Apart from mimetype and META-INF/container.xml, the other files (OPF, NCX, XHTML, CSS and images files) are traditionally put in a directory named OEBPS.
Regards,
David
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