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Jellby · 10-10-2009, 05:39 AM

As the error says, the mimetype file has to be the first file in the zip, and must be stored without compression.

What I do (on linux) is create the zip/epub file in two steps. First create the zip only with mimetype, without compression:

Code:

zip -0 file.epub mimetype

Then add the rest of the files with maximum compression:

Code:

zip -9 -r file.epub META-INF OEBPS

You can probably do the same with Winzip or similar.

10-10-2009, 05:39 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	As the error says, the mimetype file has to be the first file in the zip, and must be stored without compression. What I do (on linux) is create the zip/epub file in two steps. First create the zip only with mimetype, without compression: Code: zip -0 file.epub mimetype Then add the rest of the files with maximum compression: Code: zip -9 -r file.epub META-INF OEBPS You can probably do the same with Winzip or similar.