08-13-2010, 11:56 PM | #31 |
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This really does concern me. So even if our files come back validated, Apple still may find errors?
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08-15-2010, 11:44 PM | #32 | |
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My file passes epubcheck, and I am using zip on the command line in OS X to make sure that no extraneous Mac OS files get zipped. Any more ideas from anyone? |
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08-15-2010, 11:49 PM | #33 | |
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08-17-2010, 10:25 AM | #34 | |
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Another thing could be the metadata you're entering in the form. Some of the fields are required. Page count, book description, etc. Just get as much info in there as you can. I finally got my file to pass all the validation but then get this: since I had uploaded it on my Apple ID, I am now not able to load it on my client's ID. Since the ISBN13 is the key field, they won't allow duplicates. C'mon!! The saga continues... |
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08-19-2010, 05:16 PM | #35 |
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Idespain, it actually turned out to be a copyright symbol: ©
I had one in my content.opf file in the rights metadata and one in the copyright page XHTML file of my EPUB. I don't know which caused the problem. Perhaps if I had only removed one, the other would have tripped the same alarm. I changed them both to "(c)" and everything was fine. I'm not surprised, to be honest, that Apple has more stringent requirements than epubcheck, but they should tell us exactly what they are, and their error codes should be more precise, or at least quote the part of the file that is problematic. A copyright symbol should be allowed. It is within the UTF-8 character set that EPUB requires! |
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08-20-2010, 03:10 AM | #39 |
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Try & #169; or © instead of (c). That is the html code for © and should work. Even for Apple....
Remove the space between the & and #. The forum immediately translates it otherwise. I always tend to use html code for symbols and accented letters. Last edited by Toxaris; 08-20-2010 at 03:13 AM. |
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Apple's web service operation was not successful
Unable to authenticate the package: 1424316545.itmsp ERROR ITMS-4000: "Line 88 column 92: bad character content for element at XPath /package/book/assets/asset[1]/data_file/file_name" This went through the ePub validator with no problems. Any ideas?[/QUOTE] I had the same problem uploading my epub to Apple. It was fixed by removing the ellipsis that was somehow inserted at the end of the file name for the epub. Don't know how it got there but the ellipsis was causing Apple to reject the entire file. |
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11-11-2010, 10:55 AM | #42 |
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Apple's requirement is that Covers be at least 600 px on the shortest side. They do not need to be ISBN-13 named. Non-cover graphics can be any size. - Fabe
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11-13-2010, 10:26 AM | #43 |
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Where are you guys getting these Apple error messages? Are you uploading from your Mac computers directly to the iBookstore?
Not being Mac enabled, I am using Lulu as an aggregator. |
11-13-2010, 01:19 PM | #44 |
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Oldpilot, Yes, I use a Mac and yes, I do my own uploading as an Apple Publisher. My errors not only come from Apple, but also from epub validation. -Fabe
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12-14-2010, 12:31 AM | #45 |
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Further information for others...
I came across a similar error, but the line was "....suggested_retail_price". This was a problem in the .itmsp, not the .epub. Turns out that if you use a tab delimited file to generate your metadata (as you would for multiple titles), you should use a "." in any Euro Physical List Price, rather than the more correct ",". iTunes Producer (2.2.1) will still display it as "," but if it is "," in the .itmsp it throws an error. I ended up fixing this by hand by editing each .itmsp file in Text Wrangler. Trying to correct it directly in iTP didn't work. d. |
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