Trouble with Cory Doctorow's "Makers"

sircastor · 11-12-2009, 11:07 AM

I uploaded this book to my 505 last night and have not been able to read it. The epub file loads fine onto the reader, but when I try to open it, I get an error on the reader that says "Page Error" under a triangle with an exclamation point in it.

I haven't run into this error before. I've tried loading it to both internal and external memory, with both eBook Library and Calibre, so I'm fairly certain it's a file issue. I've tried downloading it a couple of times, with no difference. Any idea what is causing this? Is there an error log on the 505 that would at least tell me what's going on?

kovidgoyal · 11-12-2009, 11:09 AM

just convert it from epub to epub in calibre and you will be fine. (And someone should send Cory a version of the epub that acrtually works with mobile ADE)

JSWolf · 11-12-2009, 12:59 PM

The ePub that's on Cory's site is terribly made. Not only doesn't it conform to mobile ADE, it has the CSS inside each file instead of an external CSS.

sircastor · 11-12-2009, 03:56 PM

Thanks for the Help guys. I'm willing to send the file to Cory, but I doubt much will come of it. He accepts the first file and doesn't do anything further with it. I can't blame him for that. Trying to sort out a dozen files from so many sources would be pretty awful.
I'll give the conversion a shot when I get home.

Thank you again!

11-12-2009, 11:07 AM	#1
sircastor Reader Posts: 85 Karma: 6124 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: PRS-505	Trouble with Cory Doctorow's "Makers" I uploaded this book to my 505 last night and have not been able to read it. The epub file loads fine onto the reader, but when I try to open it, I get an error on the reader that says "Page Error" under a triangle with an exclamation point in it. I haven't run into this error before. I've tried loading it to both internal and external memory, with both eBook Library and Calibre, so I'm fairly certain it's a file issue. I've tried downloading it a couple of times, with no difference. Any idea what is causing this? Is there an error log on the 505 that would at least tell me what's going on?

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11-12-2009, 11:09 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,302 Karma: 23661992 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	just convert it from epub to epub in calibre and you will be fine. (And someone should send Cory a version of the epub that acrtually works with mobile ADE)

11-12-2009, 12:59 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,790 Karma: 134321338 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The ePub that's on Cory's site is terribly made. Not only doesn't it conform to mobile ADE, it has the CSS inside each file instead of an external CSS.

11-12-2009, 03:56 PM	#4
sircastor Reader Posts: 85 Karma: 6124 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: PRS-505	Thanks for the Help guys. I'm willing to send the file to Cory, but I doubt much will come of it. He accepts the first file and doesn't do anything further with it. I can't blame him for that. Trying to sort out a dozen files from so many sources would be pretty awful. I'll give the conversion a shot when I get home. Thank you again!

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