01-11-2013, 08:41 AM | #31 | |
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EDIT: My sincere apologies. I mistakenly assumed the Apple file being discussed was the plist ... com ... xml ... hoobie-whatie necessary for embedded fonts to work in iBooks. I neither know nor care what an iTunesMetadata.plist file is for -- or know what Sigil might do with one when it's encountered. Last edited by DiapDealer; 01-11-2013 at 02:02 PM. |
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01-12-2013, 10:48 AM | #32 | |
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01-12-2013, 12:05 PM | #33 |
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01-12-2013, 02:15 PM | #34 | |
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Speaking of ever-helpful, the good folks at Apple have the kindness to "help" their customers by inserting a file, the iTunesMetadata.plist, which is embedded into the ePUB whenever a book is sideloaded to iBooks via iTunes. Now, here's the fun part: if you try to then upload a book to iBooks (iTunes Producer/Transport) with that file embedded in it, it will fail intake. I actually have no bloody idea what this file does, but if I've had one client call me in a swivet because "the file [you] gave me is BAD and fails some kind of check," because they sideloaded it to iBooks first and then sent it on to Apple, I've had 50 or 100. This file has been an issue for the last few years--in fact, I first posted about it here on MR--but it's unrelated to the xml.options file needed for font embedding. Hitch |
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01-15-2013, 12:42 PM | #35 | |
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I was contemplating writing a VB code to automatically insert the "itunes thing" (not the plist thing) into an epub...but now that isn't necessary! I have a "default.epub" file that has all the standard stuff...cover page, styles.css, modified .opf (for series name/index) and now the itunes thing. I open this file in Sigil with a shortcut, and "SaveAs" then continue my work....saves a bunch of time. Thanks Diap! Last edited by Turtle91; 01-15-2013 at 01:33 PM. |
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01-18-2013, 08:30 AM | #36 | |
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We use iPads as part of our file testing process, and I make local copies of the files from our servers so that the copies we send out don't get .plist infected. |
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01-18-2013, 05:33 PM | #37 | |
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I'm always happy when I'm working with distributors. Easy-peasy, just FTP and go. ;-) Hitch |
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