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Originally Posted by epstewart
I have to assume, then, that ePUB books are typically zipped??? I didn't know that. They don't have to be unzipped to be read, seemingly, but if you want to edit them, then they need to be unzipped ... is that right?
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Yes, because ePUB reading software already "knows" the ePUB is zipped and can work with that, but text-editing software doesn't.
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(Why would anyone want to edit an ePUB, anyway? In case one doesn't like the ending Dan Brown gave his latest novel?)
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No, to change "Brown, Dan" into "Dan Brown" in the author metadata, for instance, or to remove that ugly unreadable font included in the book, or to fix the clumsy absolute font sizes it uses, or delete the blurbs or advertisements at the beginning of the book... If the book is well done, you usually won't want to change anything, but face it, books are often not well done.