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When an EPUB Comes Out Broken: Sorting Causes Instead of Guessing
When an EPUB looks wrong, four useful first checks are a writing-direction setting that does not match what yo […]
Finding EPUB Gaiji: Characters Shift_JIS Cannot Represent, Before You Submit
Historically, gaiji means characters supplied outside a standard character set; it is not a precise synonym fo […]
The Logical Table of Contents in EPUB: nav.xhtml and What It Actually Does
To diagnose an EPUB's logical table of contents, first check whether nav.xhtml is registered as the Navig […]
Editing EPUB Data: Getting Series and Volume Information Right Before You Export
When you need to change the title or publication date of an EPUB you already exported, you edit the settings a […]
Building an EPUB Table of Contents: Where Chapter Titles Actually Come From
The chapter titles in an EPUB's table of contents are copied from the headings in your manuscript. You do […]
How to Create an EPUB with a Table of Contents and Cover, Without Missing a Field
Building an EPUB that has both a table of contents and a cover follows a fixed order: series information, then […]
EPUB Metadata Explained: Title, Author, and Publication Details in One Pass
EPUB metadata is the book's identity record: title, author, publisher, publication date, language, and a […]
EPUB Generator: Create Navigation and Cover, Then Inspect the Package
When an EPUB generator must add navigation and a cover, do not define success as “the body was exported.” Free […]
Build a Horizontal EPUB eBook with ltr, Reading Order, and Navigation Checks
To build a horizontal EPUB for a practical or technical book, choose horizontal composition, freeze title, aut […]
Prevent Garbled Text and Broken Images with a Pre-Export EPUB Checklist
Garbled chapters and broken images are cheaper to stop before EPUB export than to diagnose afterward. Create o […]
Prevent Encoding Save Damage by Requiring Zero Unconvertible Characters
Finding one unconvertible character is the beginning of control, not proof that the file is clean. Saving shou […]
Choose EPUB Production Software by Testing Encoding Failure Handling
Choose EPUB production software by how it qualifies source files before packaging. Prepare UTF-8, Shift_JIS, a […]