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EPub Won't Open in Newest Kindle Previewer #172

Closed donnabet closed 8 years ago

donnabet commented 8 years ago

The new previewer was just updated today.

I tried to open a finished book into the previewer and it failed to compile.

Error message below:

Kindle preveiwer failed to compile ebook.

Amazon kindlegen(Windows) V2.9 build 1029-0897292 A command line e-book compiler Copyright Amazon.com and its Affiliates 2014

Info:I9026:option: (hidden) amazon creator tool or pipeline

Info:I9014:option: -verbose: Verbose output

Info(prcgen):I1048: Unpacking ePub file

dougmassay commented 8 years ago

There is no guarantee that you can't create an epub that Kindlegen won't like. Did the exact same unmodified epub compile OK in the older version of Kindle Previewer?

donnabet commented 8 years ago

I tool it into Calibre and converted to a mobi file. At least I got it to work. Great program Sigil. I love it.

Thanks for the quick response.

TechsChoice and WizardVisions

From: Doug Massay notifications@github.com Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 5:22 PM To: Sigil-Ebook/Sigil Cc: Donna Subject: Re: [Sigil] EPub Won't Open in Newest Kindle Previewer (#172)

There is no guarantee that you can't create an epub that Kindlegen won't like. Did the exact same unmodified epub compile OK in the older version of Kindle Previewer?

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/issues/172#issuecomment-168435091.

dougmassay commented 8 years ago

It occurs to me that there was an issue with the third-party Epubcheck Sigil plugin that may have caused some structural problems with epubs saved after using it. Do you, by any chance, use that plugin?

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3233358&postcount=76

donnabet commented 8 years ago

I do not have it. I am new to Sigil, but I can tell you that I have tried every combination of ebook publishing InDesign, Word, OpenOffice, GoogleDocs, KindleGen, etc and the first thing that has actually worked the way I need it to is Sigil. Except, of course, for the last little bit of getting the epub to compile on the kindle previewer.

I am aware that there are plugins, but I have not looked into them yet. Where do I find the plugin? I looked on the github page again and did not see where to get plugins.

Thanks.

TechsChoice and WizardVisions

From: Doug Massay notifications@github.com Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 7:06 AM To: Sigil-Ebook/Sigil Cc: Donna Subject: Re: [Sigil] EPub Won't Open in Newest Kindle Previewer (#172)

It occurs to me that there was an issue with the third-party Epubcheck Sigil plugin that may have caused some structural problems with epubs saved after using it. Do you, by any chance, use that plugin?

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3233358&postcount=76

MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - epubcheck plugin for Sigilhttp://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3233358&postcount=76 www.mobileread.com MobileRead - the resource for mobile geeks seeking information and advice for keeping their gadgets happy.

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arthurattwell commented 8 years ago

@donnabet Apologies if this is a silly suggestion: sometimes when I get that error on Kindle Previewer, simply retrying works (that is, drop the epub into Previewer again). I've not investigated why this is the case.

(Incidentally, I've also found that the Pagina EPUB-Checker sometimes finds problems in my epub files that Sigil's validation doesn't find, though I've not found any connection between those issues and errors with Kindle Previewer.)

kevinhendricks commented 8 years ago

This really is not an bug unless Sigil has somehow introduced the breakage and flightCrew and epubcheck show the epub as valid. Sigil, like any editor, will not prevent you from creating a non-valid epub, that is up to the author to validate their own epub using the validation plugins or external validation tools. If you have not used plugins with Sigil that means you have not validated with FlightCrew or EpubCheck plugins. So I am closing this issue. Please re-open it if you can provide a sample epub 2 that you have created that passes epubcheck and flightcrew that KindlePreviewer will not accept.

donnabet commented 8 years ago

I am not aware of plugins. Where do I get the plugins? Thanks for your response.

TechsChoice and WizardVisions

From: Kevin Hendricks notifications@github.com Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 11:44 AM To: Sigil-Ebook/Sigil Cc: Donna Subject: Re: [Sigil] EPub Won't Open in Newest Kindle Previewer (#172)

This really is not an bug unless Sigil has somehow introduced the breakage and flightCrew and epubcheck show the epub as valid. Sigil, like any editor, will not prevent you from creating a non-valid epub, that is up to the author to validate their own epub using the validation plugins or external validation tools. If you have not used plugins with Sigil that means you have not validated with FlightCrew or EpubCheck plugins. So I am closing this issue. Please re-open it if you can provide a sample epub 2 that you have created that passes epubcheck and flightcrew that KindlePreviewer will not accept.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/issues/172#issuecomment-168517385.

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EPub Won't Open in Newest Kindle Previewer · Issue #172 · Sigil-Ebook/Sigilhttps://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/issues/172#issuecomment-168517385 github.com The new previewer was just updated today. I tried to open a finished book into the previewer and it failed to compile. Error message below: Kindle preveiwer failed to compile ebook. Amazon ki...

kevinhendricks commented 8 years ago

The link to the flightcrew validation plugin can be found under releases in this very github site. Links to it also appear on sigil-ebook.com. See our ReadMe on this site. (Where exactly did you download Sigil from? If you have not downloaded from an official site or in case of Linux an official distribution site, you have probably downloaded more than you bargained for!). The link to other plugins can be found on our Mobileread support site here.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=247431