Re: [docbook-apps] Using ePub

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Eric Johnson <> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick fix and the additional information!!
>
> I got my book to build an open in Stanza desktop. There are still a few validation errors from the on-line validator, bit I think I know how to fix most of them.
>
> One that perplexes me is that I got an error about the expected mimetype. The mimetype file I place at the root of the package contains "application/epub+zip" and the validator tells me that my package has the wrong mimetype and it is expecting "application/epub+zip"...
>
> Is there something subtle that I'm missing?

Yes. The mimetype has to be the first record in the ZIP and has to be
uncompressed.


Keith