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kjk · 06-21-2010, 03:31 PM

I ran into an interesting issue with iBooks 1.1-the built-in dictionary doesn't work on some of my ePubs I've converted myself from other formats-I get a "Dictionary not available for this language" error when I try to get a definition, despite the book (and the word) being in English. Books bought from iBooks don't have this issue, and some of my ePubs also work fine.

Is there a metadata entry I need to add to verify the book is in english to iBooks?

Edit: according to the always helpful GRiker, it is the <dc:language> tag that is the issue.

06-21-2010, 03:31 PM	#1
kjk . Posts: 3,408 Karma: 5647231 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: never enough	Metadata to specify default language is English? I ran into an interesting issue with iBooks 1.1-the built-in dictionary doesn't work on some of my ePubs I've converted myself from other formats-I get a "Dictionary not available for this language" error when I try to get a definition, despite the book (and the word) being in English. Books bought from iBooks don't have this issue, and some of my ePubs also work fine. Is there a metadata entry I need to add to verify the book is in english to iBooks? Edit: according to the always helpful GRiker, it is the <dc:language> tag that is the issue. Last edited by kjk; 06-21-2010 at 04:14 PM.