{"id":1587,"date":"2013-05-28T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bonesnap.com\/blog\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2013-05-28T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:30:15","slug":"indesign-cs6-submitting-epubs-to-nook-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonesnap.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/indesign-cs6-submitting-epubs-to-nook-press\/","title":{"rendered":"InDesign CS6 \u2013 Submitting ePubs to Nook Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I released by my book – BloodLoss \u2013 Ten Twisted Tales on Amazon. I used Adobes InDesign CS6 with the Kindle plug-in to render an uploadable mobi file. Things worked great \u2013 the world was at peace.<\/p>\n

Now that I have some free time, I\u2019m trying to render an ePub to upload to Nook Press. Just in case you didn\u2019t know \u2013 Barns and Noble Nook reader uses ePub along with iBooks. Once you get your book successfully converted to ePub \u2013 you will open multiple marketing doors.<\/p>\n

Those who are familiar with InDesign CS6 \u2013 it\u2019s a breeze to create an ePub. You just right click on your book->export to EPUB -> you\u2019re done. To test your file, you can use Adobes Digital Editions or download Nook Reader for the PC and review your book.<\/p>\n

Yeah\u2026. If it was only that simple.<\/p>\n

The above directions are true. However, what you can view with your local readers (Adobe, Nook) verses what you can upload to Nook Press or iBooks is TWO very different issues.<\/p>\n

Here is what I found out:<\/p>\n

ePub Validation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before you do anything \u2013 go to:\u00a0 https:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/epubcheck\/<\/a> and download the ePub validation checker. Otherwise, you will do as I did \u2013 upload a file to Nook Press \u2013 just for it to fail and say Unknown error<\/i>. This checker will give you file-line numbers on what needs to be addressed.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"epubc_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Seems my title is missing.<\/p>\n

ePub 2.x<\/strong><\/p>\n

I exported my book to ePub 3.x from InDesign. I figured \u2013 the latest and greatest had to be the best. Not true. Nook Press just crapped out every time I uploaded a file. I dropped my file export version down to 2.x and Nook Press was ok with that.<\/p>\n

Metadata<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have yet to figure out why InDesign CS6 doesn\u2019t have a more robust way to enter ePub metadata. You will have to edit your ePub content.opf file and add extraneous metadata yourself. From the error listed above \u2013 I need to edit the content.opf file and add \u201ctitle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Encryption<\/strong><\/p>\n

For some reason some fonts will be encrypted in your file. A file called encryption.xml will be in your META-INF folder. Nook Press will cause your ePub upload to fail if this file exists. If you delete this file – you should be ok. However, any custom fonts \u2013 will be lost. Still trying to figure this one out.<\/p>\n

Editing you ePub<\/strong><\/p>\n

You will have to edit your ePub after it\u2019s exported from InDesign. This means you will have to rename your *.ePub to *.zip. Then you can extract the contents (assuming its windows). Make your edits to whatever file needs editing and zip it back up. Once zipped up \u2013 rename it back to ePub.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do this now:<\/p>\n

\"flow_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rename BloodLoss.epub to BloodLoss.zip<\/p>\n

\"flow_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019ll extract the files. In windows, just right click and select Extract All.<\/p>\n

\"flow_3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The files are now in the BloodLoss directory.<\/p>\n

The first file I\u2019m editing is the \\OEBPS\\content.opf<\/p>\n

\"flow_4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see \u2013 the title and other information is missing.<\/p>\n

I made a few extra edits and saved the file.<\/p>\n

\"flow_5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, zip up the files.<\/p>\n

\"flow_6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mine was named mimetype.zip \u2013 had to rename it to BloodLoss.epub.<\/p>\n

Now rerun your epub check.<\/p>\n

\"flow_7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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