Thread: epub file works in iBooks but won't convert
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Old 09-26-2015, 10:05 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by gamcall View Post
An epub in iBooks is a package. That's not a folder technically is it? I tried compressing it in the Finder (after copying it), renaming and importing to Calibre, and it did import, but no metadata came across, bar the title (which was the renamed filename). When I tried to view the file in Calibre it was gibberish.

Is there a way to make the exploded epub container files into an epub that Calibre recognises on import? Is there a conversion I can do if not? Surely this has been addressed somewhere?
If this eBook has DRM, you are out of luck.
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