Here’s a quick and easy way to fix the error where Google Play Books fails to import or load an uploaded epub file.
The solution is to use Calibre to convert the epub to mobi format, and then use Calibre to convert the mobi format back to epub, and then upload the resulting epub to Google Play Books.
Get Calibre here
calibre-ebook.com/
Access Google play Books here:
play.google.com/books/ebooks
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(And it’s pronounced: KA-lee-bur, not Ka-LEE-breh; “calibre” is the correct spelling of what (in the Americas?) is spelled as “caliber”. 😊)
No need to “covert” to MOBI as an intermediary step, just convert from EPUB to EPUB!
In the Convert Books window, select Input format: EPUB and Output format: EPUB. does the trick just as well and no likelihood of any “incompatibilities” (between two different formats) creeping in to the result. 👍😉
When you convert the book to mobi and back to epub format, it might look bad after. What I would advise doing is utilizing Calibre to fix the errors in the book. You can do that by pressing F7, it will show you what is causing the problem and you can fix it very intuitively.
Hat prima geklappt 👏😁 Your advice worked perfectly
Calibre doesn’t work on mobile platforms, so this ‘tip’ is useless for a significant portion of Google Play Books users.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I wrestled with this for I don’t know how long and your solution worked instantly! Great work, Geoff.
Thank you Geoff Peters, worked like a charm. Is Calibre love or what…
Worked like a charm, thank you
Most welcome :)
Thank you for the fix! Appreciate it!