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Evg. Sharon N260378023is9
Inspiring
September 9, 2022
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Google Playbook Upload Error

  • September 9, 2022
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Hi there. I just tried to upload an epub containing several endnotes to Google Playbook and received the following errors:

OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:11, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:12, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:13, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:14, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:15, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:16, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:17, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:18, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:19, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:20, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:21, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:22, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:23, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:24, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'
OEBPS/WFeBook_v3-34.xhtml:25, 57: Error while parsing file: Duplicate 'endnote-000'

 

Is this due to a certain setting in InDesign? Any suggestions as to how I can fix this?

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Correct answer James Gifford—NitroPress

Thank you for your help. I'm a bit of a novice here. I was able to follow steps 1 & 2, but I'm a bit lost in step 3. Is there a video clip you can point me to that will illustrate how to use the IDs feature to reinsert the endnotes? Of course, the actual end note numbers don't exist in the pasted endnotes. But I've never used the IDs feature before, and I don't want to make matters worse here.


I don't know of a video or tutorial, but it's not complicated to insert end notes in ID. Put the cursor where you want the note (and remember to delete any remnant of the old one or anchor). Click Type | Insert Endnote. You will be taken to the appropriate entry in the new end note list. Enter (or paste) the correct content there. Go on to the next endnote location.

 

Setting up end notes the way you want them is a separate menu/operation (also under Type) and you can do either part of the process in either order. That is, you can enter all your end notes, then fuss around with the format and note details, or you can set up those formats etc. first.

 

All of your end notes will end up in a single text frame that is separate from your text. It should go at the very end of the document, as that's where the EPUB export will place it anyway.

 

Happy to answer further questions in the other kind of tutorial. 🙂

 

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James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
September 9, 2022

Sigh. Endnotes. It's always endnotes.

 

InDesign has several issues with exporting endnotes to EPUB, ranging from outright bugs to quirks in how the linking is handled.

 

First question, though: was this an import from a Word document, or were the notes created wholly within InDesign?

 

And how many notes are involved? Is this fairly short list all of them?

 

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Evg. Sharon N260378023is9Author
Inspiring
September 9, 2022
When I did the paperback version I imported everything from word. I had no
problem with the links in the paperback version. But, I did run into a
hiccup once where I had to convert the EndNotes back to footnotes in
InDesign then reconvert them into EndNotes. Once I did that I had no
problem. After the paperback was finalized, someone else started with the
ebook version for me. She had no problems with the contents linking, but
the end notes just won't link.
James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
September 9, 2022

Paper of course does not care about things such as links; it's just ink on paper with the reader doing the linking. 🙂

 

There are some inherent issues with ID end notes, but as I suspected from the specific error (and kudos for uploading the info), it's a Word bug. For some reason, Word to ID to EPUB generates a double link wrap on each end note. It's usually functional, but the validators don't like it and thus the services that do hard validation on upload won't accept it.

 

The shortest route to fix it is to redo the end notes in ID, something like this:

 

  1. Copy all the end notes to a new, separate text frame. Use 'Paste Without Formatting" to keep from duplicating the links again.
  2. Delete the end note text frame.
  3. Using ID's feature, re-insert the endnotes. Be sure to delete the old note marker in the text when you do so. Use the temporary text to cut and paste the actual content back into each note. Again, using paste without formatting is recommended so you don't drag any faulty baggage back in.
  4. Clean up the note formatting, etc.

 

That will get rid of the double linking that's causing the problem. You can just upload again to make sure the problem is gone, or run the EPUB through EPUBcheck (it's a bit tricky and techy to use, but it's the core of most validation tools and does the best job) first.

 

When there are lots of notes, there are some other ways to fix the issue, but for ten or a dozen, this is the quickest fix.

 

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