PRS-600 Need Tech Advice

cfrizz · 06-21-2010, 06:11 PM

I have a bunch of old BBeB format books that I downloaded from Fictionwise. I would like to redownload them as epubs, however they only download as zipfiles.

I need instructions on how to get those zipfiles to turn into books so that I can load them onto my reader.

Thanks in advanced.

thijsvk · 06-21-2010, 07:27 PM

Have u tried changing the extension? Epubs are zipped (html?) files

Worldwalker · 06-21-2010, 09:07 PM

Epubs are a lot more than zipped html files. They're a whole collection of files, some of which define what the other ones are.

However, it's possible to pack an epub inside a zip file. Could that be what's happening? When I buy a batch of books at once from Baen, they're zipped for my downloading convenience.

What's inside your files?

Mike_73 · 06-22-2010, 07:40 AM

I agree to worldwalker. Just extract the zip-files and see what it is.
Even if epub is some kind of zipped format, why would one make the zip-extension if it werent a zip-archive?

Solitaire1 · 06-22-2010, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike_73

I agree to worldwalker. Just extract the zip-files and see what it is.
Even if epub is some kind of zipped format, why would one make the zip-extension if it werent a zip-archive?

Venturing a guess, its probably to keep the files together as a single unit. It is much the same as with the OpenDocument (OD) format where each OD file is actually a zipped collection that contains several files/folders.

Mike_73 · 06-23-2010, 02:12 AM

I've never seen such files

So far, I just have seen zip and rar files as, hmm, well, zip and rar files for saving space on HDD, for e-mailing multiple pictures/files, etc.

Solitaire1 · 06-23-2010, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike_73

I've never seen such files

So far, I just have seen zip and rar files as, hmm, well, zip and rar files for saving space on HDD, for e-mailing multiple pictures/files, etc.

OpenDocument is an open format used as the native format for OpenOffice.org/StarOffice, an office suite like Microsoft Office. As an example, with an OpenDocument text file the zipped file contains several XML files and some folders, each containing a different part of the document (content, styles, settings, and so on). When saved the files are compressed and saved as a single zipped file with the extension ".odt."

Here's a link to a Wikipedia page for more information:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument" class="wikilink" title="MR Wiki entry">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

Mike_73 · 06-23-2010, 07:22 AM

Thanks for the info.

06-21-2010, 06:11 PM	#1
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,579 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	Need Tech Advice I have a bunch of old BBeB format books that I downloaded from Fictionwise. I would like to redownload them as epubs, however they only download as zipfiles. I need instructions on how to get those zipfiles to turn into books so that I can load them onto my reader. Thanks in advanced.

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06-21-2010, 07:27 PM	#2
thijsvk Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Netherlands Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-T1	Have u tried changing the extension? Epubs are zipped (html?) files

06-21-2010, 09:07 PM	#3
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	Epubs are a lot more than zipped html files. They're a whole collection of files, some of which define what the other ones are. However, it's possible to pack an epub inside a zip file. Could that be what's happening? When I buy a batch of books at once from Baen, they're zipped for my downloading convenience. What's inside your files?

06-22-2010, 07:40 AM	#4
Mike_73 Guru Posts: 750 Karma: 1323 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, iPad 16GB Wifi, Kindle Voyage, Nexus 6, Razr HD	I agree to worldwalker. Just extract the zip-files and see what it is. Even if epub is some kind of zipped format, why would one make the zip-extension if it werent a zip-archive?

06-23-2010, 02:12 AM	#6
Mike_73 Guru Posts: 750 Karma: 1323 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, iPad 16GB Wifi, Kindle Voyage, Nexus 6, Razr HD	I've never seen such files So far, I just have seen zip and rar files as, hmm, well, zip and rar files for saving space on HDD, for e-mailing multiple pictures/files, etc.

06-23-2010, 07:22 AM	#8
Mike_73 Guru Posts: 750 Karma: 1323 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, iPad 16GB Wifi, Kindle Voyage, Nexus 6, Razr HD	Thanks for the info.

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