12-17-2008, 07:57 PM | #1 |
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tor's jar files
Tor is now posting their "sony" format as epub. This is fine, I have a 505 now. The files download as "title".epub.jar. My poor macbook does not seem to know what to do with the file and neither does calibre.
I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this. It seems more a epub type problem than either a sony or a calbre problem and I did not see any other choice that made sense to me. Thanks in advance for your help. |
12-17-2008, 08:13 PM | #2 |
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Which one? I just looked and didn't find any JAR files. Maybe they fixed it.
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12-17-2008, 08:28 PM | #3 |
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It's weird that it came down with a ".jar" extension, but if the file downloaded properly, try renaming it to have just ".epub" for its extension.
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12-18-2008, 08:13 PM | #4 |
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As far as which one goes, it was the latest short story "Firstborn" this time, but I have seen this before. I will try llasram's suggestion and report the results.
The suggestion appears to have worked. I have no idea why the file downloads with the extension .jar. Does anyone? Last edited by dgillette.rm; 12-18-2008 at 08:17 PM. |
12-19-2008, 04:23 AM | #5 |
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12-28-2008, 03:18 AM | #6 |
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Jar is a file compression format like zip or rar. You need a program to unpack it. I have tried many different programs over the years but there is one I use all the time now......
7 ZIP. It is a free program and they have versions for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can download it here - http://www.7-zip.org/download.html |
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