Epubpreflight?

[gdgibson]

I know this is probably a dumb question, but why do I need to validate using epub preflight as well as epubcheck?

And at the moment I'm using pdurrant's wonderful epubcheck droplet. Is there anything similar for epub preflight? I break out in hives whenever I use Terminal.

Also, though - when I download "preflight" from this page, the readme talks about epubcheck and not preflight. Am I missing something? Is preflight already rolled into the latest version of epubcheck?

[JSWolf]

Actually, using FlightCrew is easier then ePubCheck as you get error messages that are more in English then geek.

As for preflight, never heard of it.

[gdgibson]

I find epubcheck's information to be pretty useful. Maybe that makes me a geek? (Ha ha.)

But I'm concerned with preflight because the iBookstore publisher guide suggests validating via the Threepress site, and Threepress mentions epubpreflight on their validation page.

I'll do a little more digging, I guess.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by gdgibson

I find epubcheck's information to be pretty useful. Maybe that makes me a geek? (Ha ha.)

But I'm concerned with preflight because the iBookstore publisher guide suggests validating via the Threepress site, and Threepress mentions epubpreflight on their validation page.

I'll do a little more digging, I guess.

Why are you concerned with an obsolete ePub validator from 2008 that no longer really exists? I believe that epubpreflight became ePubCheck. Also, the problem is that some of the way you code eBooks for iBooks isn't going to validate.