Save as EPub cannot be opened in my Sony PRS-505

[pedgarcia]

Hi,

first of all, congratulations for this excellent application. It was nice to see how simple to use it is.

Now, my question: I've created a epub file importing (actually copy&paste) a text with pictures from an article from a website. It seems Sigil imported it well since it displays it nicely, etc...

The problem is, when it is saved as EPub, I cannot open it in Sony Reader Application or in my Reader. It seems it is frozen, or keeping trying open it forever.

How can I know what's happening. What's causing the problem?

If it helps, attached I'm sending the file in both supported formats. If you download Sony's software you'll see the problem happening when you try to import the file.

Let me know if I can do something to help debug it.

Thanks

Paulo

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by pedgarcia

I've created a epub file importing (actually copy&paste) a text with pictures from an article from a website.

There's your problem. Don't copy&paste from the web directly into Sigil. Save the page as an HTML file with your browser, then import (load) the file into Sigil.

There are quite a few transformations that happen in the background when you import an HTML file. These are crucial.

[pdurrant]

Your HTML still includes links to the images out on the original web sites. This is probably what's upsetting your Sony.

Originally Posted by pedgarcia

Now, my question: I've created a epub file importing (actually copy&paste) a text with pictures from an article from a website. It seems Sigil imported it well since it displays it nicely, etc...

The problem is, when it is saved as EPub, I cannot open it in Sony Reader Application or in my Reader. It seems it is frozen, or keeping trying open it forever.

[pedgarcia]

Hi,

Yeah, doing it properly (save/open) make it work well.

Don't you think my mistake *cut&paste" can happen often? Maybe when saving as epub, the software could have a feature to check most common problems (like external links, etc).

Great job, btw!

Paulo

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by pedgarcia

Don't you think my mistake *cut&paste" can happen often? Maybe when saving as epub, the software could have a feature to check most common problems (like external links, etc).

Yeah, unfortunately it is to be expected that people will just c/p HTML from their browsers directly into Sigil... I've been thinking about possible ways of overcoming this.