Ubook + Epub = Yay!

[brewt]

Thank You - now we're gettin' somewhere.

Miles to go, sure, still need metadata, hyperlinks, special characters (curlie quotes, carets, etc), tocs, etc., but hey! This is a Good Thing! Keep it Up!

-bjc

[µBook]

Also one reader brought to my notice that some books have xml (xhtml) text instead of .html file. Here's the recipe to make it work, until I fix that:

For some reason the HTML is tagged as XML in the OPS folder. So here's the steps (that you'll have to do only once):
- Go to Open...
- At the top hit the +/- to get the browser options
- Tap browser options, then tap on Show All files.
- Go to the OPS folder in the epub file.
- Open one of the xml file.
- Now you'll see that uBook doesn't know what to do with XML, so go to
Options...
- Go to the Book section
- Again hit the +/- to see advanced options
- In Parser, Select Use HTML
- Then above, hit Save as Default for XML
Now you can go back to the XML file (or any XML file) to read it normally.

Cumbersome I know, but it works. I will add defaults for XML to go the HTML way for the next release.

[imaredr]

Originally Posted by µBook

Also one reader brought to my notice that some books have xml (xhtml) text instead of .html file. Here's the recipe to make it work, until I fix that:

For some reason the HTML is tagged as XML in the OPS folder. So here's the steps (that you'll have to do only once):
- Go to Open...
- At the top hit the +/- to get the browser options
- Tap browser options, then tap on Show All files.
- Go to the OPS folder in the epub file.
- Open one of the xml file.
- Now you'll see that uBook doesn't know what to do with XML, so go to
Options...
- Go to the Book section
- Again hit the +/- to see advanced options
- In Parser, Select Use HTML
- Then above, hit Save as Default for XML
Now you can go back to the XML file (or any XML file) to read it normally.

Cumbersome I know, but it works. I will add defaults for XML to go the HTML way for the next release.

I just installed the latest ubook. It still doesn't handle ePub books well. I was wondering if there are any improvements planned.

Ellen