Help! Need to restore previous version

gigig · 04-19-2015, 10:51 AM

Hi guys,

I am freaking out because after hours of work I went to save my book as an epub and then opened it in iBooks and discovered that somehow when I saved it as an epub it had reverted to its original crappy converted-from-word-with-messed-up-formatting version.

Is there a way to restore the version I worked so hard to create? My TOC is gone. All my HTML - gone. I have no idea what even happened, but I'm in tears.

Please help.

phossler · 04-19-2015, 11:05 AM

Shot in the dark, but are you SURE you're opening the edited version?

A File Search on the computer MIGHT find the newer one

(This is a lesson I learned)

gigig · 04-19-2015, 11:25 AM

It's the only version there

BookJunkieLI · 04-19-2015, 12:54 PM

Have you looked at the version in Calibre using the Calibre viewer or editor? Maybe you didn't actually upload the new version to iBooks?

gigig · 04-20-2015, 03:17 AM

When I went back and reopened it in Calibre all the formatting was gone.

LadyKate · 04-28-2015, 07:24 PM

Dumb question but are you sure you saved it? Not just closed the editor?

theducks · 04-28-2015, 09:25 PM

Doesn't the editor work on original_epub (I don't keep those, so I have not had that issue)

04-19-2015, 10:51 AM	#1
gigig Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Calibre	Help! Need to restore previous version Hi guys, I am freaking out because after hours of work I went to save my book as an epub and then opened it in iBooks and discovered that somehow when I saved it as an epub it had reverted to its original crappy converted-from-word-with-messed-up-formatting version. Is there a way to restore the version I worked so hard to create? My TOC is gone. All my HTML - gone. I have no idea what even happened, but I'm in tears. Please help.

04-20-2015, 03:17 AM	#5
gigig Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Calibre	Yes... When I went back and reopened it in Calibre all the formatting was gone.

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04-19-2015, 11:05 AM	#2
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,071 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Shot in the dark, but are you SURE you're opening the edited version? A File Search on the computer MIGHT find the newer one (This is a lesson I learned)

04-19-2015, 11:25 AM	#3
gigig Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Calibre	It's the only version there

04-19-2015, 12:54 PM	#4
BookJunkieLI Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 572984 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle 4, Nook Gl4, Nook STR, REB 1100, Ebookwise 1500,	Have you looked at the version in Calibre using the Calibre viewer or editor? Maybe you didn't actually upload the new version to iBooks?

04-28-2015, 07:24 PM	#6
LadyKate Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 1470724 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Quebec CA Device: android 4 (samsung tablet and asus tablet)	Dumb question but are you sure you saved it? Not just closed the editor?

04-28-2015, 09:25 PM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Doesn't the editor work on original_epub (I don't keep those, so I have not had that issue)