Thread: Error with EPUBs: File is not a Zip file
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Old 04-10-2026, 12:23 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
Look at the filename of your epub file

/Volumes/LaCie/Calibre/YarningChick/My Angel (818)/._My Angel - YarningChick.epub

Notice the ._ at the start. This is not the original epub file. You have something else creating these bogus files in your calibre library folder.
That looks like a temporary (and hidden) filename used by rsync during a file transfer.
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