epub file website downloads

stunev · 07-23-2010, 05:31 AM

Hi Everybody,

My company wants to offer our customers ebooks in addition to PDFs.

I use Adobe CS4 and have created ebooks using the best practice suggested (paragraph styles, character styles etc.) and the tests I've done look OK.

Here's the problem, when I put a test file on our website and click on the link in Firefox or IE8 I get a 'page not found' message, I can't read the ebook directly in Firefox even though the Applications helper is set up to read then using ADE and I can't downlaod it either. I've previewed the page in Dreamweaver and checked the path and it's correct.

I had hoped that our customers could download ebooks from our site as easily as they download PDFs at the moment.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

charleski · 07-23-2010, 08:20 AM

Does right-clicking and saving the file work?

Worldwalker · 07-23-2010, 08:31 AM

It would help if you posted a link to an example of the offending files for testing purposes.

frabjous · 07-23-2010, 01:44 PM

Make sure the web server is properly configured to send the appropriate mime-type for ePub files. (Most aren’t out of the box.)

application/epub+zip

(Unfortunately, the mimetype file inside the ePub isn’t enough.)

07-23-2010, 05:31 AM	#1
stunev Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: sony prs505	epub file website downloads Hi Everybody, My company wants to offer our customers ebooks in addition to PDFs. I use Adobe CS4 and have created ebooks using the best practice suggested (paragraph styles, character styles etc.) and the tests I've done look OK. Here's the problem, when I put a test file on our website and click on the link in Firefox or IE8 I get a 'page not found' message, I can't read the ebook directly in Firefox even though the Applications helper is set up to read then using ADE and I can't downlaod it either. I've previewed the page in Dreamweaver and checked the path and it's correct. I had hoped that our customers could download ebooks from our site as easily as they download PDFs at the moment. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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07-23-2010, 08:20 AM	#2
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	Does right-clicking and saving the file work?

07-23-2010, 08:31 AM	#3
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	It would help if you posted a link to an example of the offending files for testing purposes.

07-23-2010, 01:44 PM	#4
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Make sure the web server is properly configured to send the appropriate mime-type for ePub files. (Most aren’t out of the box.) application/epub+zip (Unfortunately, the mimetype file inside the ePub isn’t enough.)