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kovidgoyal · 03-09-2010, 07:02 PM

My objection to epubcheck is that it gives the impression that using it means your epub is actually guaranteed to work on anything

To put it another way

I would have no objection to epubcheck if it was was named epub-schema-check or if it printed out a big fat disclaimer about how it's checks dont guarantee anything.

Or to put it slightly less seriously

Circling a banyan tree three times while reciting the English alphabet backwards appeases the God of e-book formatting, so you should always do that immediately after you run epubcheck. Just in case. It can't hurt. Banyan trees are shady, and good for the environment.

03-09-2010, 07:02 PM	#32
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,461 Karma: 27757440 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	My objection to epubcheck is that it gives the impression that using it means your epub is actually guaranteed to work on anything To put it another way I would have no objection to epubcheck if it was was named epub-schema-check or if it printed out a big fat disclaimer about how it's checks dont guarantee anything. Or to put it slightly less seriously Circling a banyan tree three times while reciting the English alphabet backwards appeases the God of e-book formatting, so you should always do that immediately after you run epubcheck. Just in case. It can't hurt. Banyan trees are shady, and good for the environment.