Downloading ePUBs to iPhone (Stanza 2.0)

Oxford-eBooks · 06-13-2010, 02:33 PM

I'm trying to deliver some ePUBs to iPhone to read with Stanza.

I have had some success with links on a webpage. Click on the link with Safari and Bob's your uncle it downloads in Stanza - magic!

<a href='epub://www.oxford-ebooks.com/somefolder_or_other/MyeBook.epub'>Download My eBook</a>

That also works on IE and Firefox. However, I'm wanting to download the file WITHOUT revealing the URL that the file's stored at, so I'm pushing it using ADODB.Stream / response.write in ASP. That works LOVELY for Firefox and IE but not for Safari / Stanza on iPhone.
I've proved that my code works for iPhone by sending a JPG rather than an ePUB - so I'm thinking that it might be the content-type that's wrong for ePUB.

I've tried 'application/epub+zip', 'application/epub', 'application/zip', even 'application/octet-stream'

Anyone had any experience with this?

Andy

scottjl · 06-13-2010, 02:36 PM

don't know the answer myself, but you might also want to check on the stanza forums too..

http://getsatisfaction.com/stanza

Oxford-eBooks · 06-13-2010, 02:40 PM

Cheers!

06-13-2010, 02:33 PM	#1
Oxford-eBooks Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12096 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Loads!	Downloading ePUBs to iPhone (Stanza 2.0) I'm trying to deliver some ePUBs to iPhone to read with Stanza. I have had some success with links on a webpage. Click on the link with Safari and Bob's your uncle it downloads in Stanza - magic! <a href='epub://www.oxford-ebooks.com/somefolder_or_other/MyeBook.epub'>Download My eBook</a> That also works on IE and Firefox. However, I'm wanting to download the file WITHOUT revealing the URL that the file's stored at, so I'm pushing it using ADODB.Stream / response.write in ASP. That works LOVELY for Firefox and IE but not for Safari / Stanza on iPhone. I've proved that my code works for iPhone by sending a JPG rather than an ePUB - so I'm thinking that it might be the content-type that's wrong for ePUB. I've tried 'application/epub+zip', 'application/epub', 'application/zip', even 'application/octet-stream' Anyone had any experience with this? Andy

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06-13-2010, 02:36 PM	#2
scottjl Reader of Books Posts: 1,632 Karma: 2697 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	don't know the answer myself, but you might also want to check on the stanza forums too.. http://getsatisfaction.com/stanza

06-13-2010, 02:40 PM	#3
Oxford-eBooks Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12096 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Loads!	Cheers!

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