I converted an ebook I purchased to an EPUB using calibre and then sent it to my phone. When I tried to import it into the jidoujisho, it failed and gave me a message saying it can only accept htmlz or epub files. When I look at the file browser on my phone, the file extension for the ebook is a .epub but my phone sorts it as a .bin file and doesn't categorize it as a text file like it does with my other .epubs. I was able to get the book working by converting to htmlz instead of epub but I would still like to know why the epub format isn't working.
#converted ebooks showing up as .bin files instead of .EPUB
wicked spade
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<@&1252261403667071056> converted ebooks showing up as .bin files instead of .EPUB
wicked spade
It is named .EPUB
wicked spade
The epub on the bottom is this month's book club book
The one on top is the epub I tried to import
What's also interesting is that the epub on the bottom is labelled as a txt type file by my phone while the epub I made doesn't have any label
grim oak
Hi, where did you name this files?
What operating systems normally do is to hide the extension, as the average user don’t want or need them (or rename the file and break it)
This is visible on the first file on the screenshot - the file ending is always the ending (makes sense) - for you it’s „.epub (1)“ - the actual file may be „.epub (1).bin“ (or whatever), in the second case it is probably „.epub.txt“
You can fix this in windows by going to a directory, searching for the options button, and disabling the option „hide known file extensions“ - on Android I have no idea how, and on iOS I needed like 30 minutes with research and shit…
I recommend it in general, as it increases safety against malicious files (ever heard of .png.exe or .pdf.exe? You would not see the .exe and click shit… old, but still works today)
wicked spade
Hi, where did you name this files?
What operating systems normally do is to hid...
yeah i'm not really sure how to check on android
however
this is what the same file looks like on my desktop
in win 11
the name was autogenerated in calibre i'm assuming based off interpreting the kanji charactes as mandarin
grim oak
Mhm… in the previous screenshot there seems to be another ending in both files - the first with the (1) at the end would be an invalid file ending, the second is shown as .txt
wicked spade
the (1) is because the first thing i tried was downloading it again to my phone
i figured maybe i sent the wrong file since calibre generates multiple files when you convert
grim oak
Yes. But the 1 would be before the file ending. So what you’re seeing is not the actual file ending
wicked spade
so i need to check if android automatically changed the file extension to .bin
btw i sent the file to my phone by email
grim oak
So it would be „my ebook (1).epub“, but it’s „my ebook.epub (1)“, so in reality it’s „my ebook.epub (1).wedontknowyet“ (I’m just assuming they are ebooks)
wicked spade
the most recent screenshot was from when i downloaded the same attachment in that email onto my desktop
grim oak
Can you try uploading it to your google drive directly and syncing it to the phone? Some providers do stuff because they a) thing it’s a potential virus or b) think they have the right to do everything
wicked spade
hmmm these do seem to be file extensions
like they're all correct for every file i have downloaded
also when i scrolled down to the first download, as in the one that doesn't have .epub (1), the OS does correctly identify it as a txt file type
wicked spade
Can you try uploading it to your google drive directly and syncing it to the pho...
tbh i don't actually use any cloud storage stuff
grim oak
In the screenshot it looked like it was synced to google drive
wicked spade
there's something that comes with my phone but i don't have it on my pc
or will it just work with my email