Thread: Help I got stuck trying to convert my book into an epub file.
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Old 11-23-2013, 05:14 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Epiphany View Post
I used an online free conversion tool to convert my book into an epub file. After submitting my book in an epub file to an online self publisher they sent me back the following message based on the epub file I sent them.

BK00017692.epub/index_split_006.xhtml(15,40224): element "img" missing required attribute "alt"

Can anyone out there help me decode this error and figure out how to fix this so I can proceed to publishing?
Yes.

When you embedded your image, you failed to use the alt tag. You can read about the alt tag at W3schools. Basically, the "alt" tag allows someone who is sight-impaired to "hear" the text of the alt tag instead of seeing the image that the alt tag describes.

So, you need to add the alt tag to the image tag in the ePUB. I'd recommend Sigil, if you have not previously used an ePUB editor.

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