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iBooks Update Bug?

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VvCompHelpvV

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Apr 26, 2009
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Alright, so since I updated the iBooks app, the dictionary function within the app doesn't work anymore. I get some "language not compatible" or something like that.

Am I the only one having problems here?


This dictionary feature is one of the first things that I show people when they ask about reading on the iPad. I always get a "Wow!" out of it...lol
 
Tweetybird said:
I'm having the same problem. It works in books I purchased, but not in epub books.
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I noticed the same thing.

I even looked up the same word in both the ibook and the epub.

8( This sucks....I hope a quick update will come out to work for us epubbers
 
Haven't noticed that, bit have noticed that the update didn't fix a rendering problem with words at the top of the page - I often see a few little lines at the top of each page like they're slivers of cut-off words from a line above. Anyone else notice this?
 
Crosbie said:
Haven't noticed that, bit have noticed that the update didn't fix a rendering problem with words at the top of the page - I often see a few little lines at the top of each page like they're slivers of cut-off words from a line above. Anyone else notice this?
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Nope. Never had this problem. 8/
 
VvCompHelpvV said:
Nope. Never had this problem. 8/
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Freaky. Should have taken a snap of it before. Tried changing font size: that fixed it. Tried changing it back: still fixed. Problem appears to be gone.

A fluke of shifting between one font to another at a certain size in a particular sequence?
 
Tweetybird said:
I'm having the same problem. It works in books I purchased, but not in epub books.
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My experience is just the opposite: the dictionary does NOT show up in the books I have purchased--"Dictionary not available for this language"; in the free books, the dictionary shows up!:confused:
 
Same issue here. Most books I've purchased do work. Most epubs I've imported do not work. Can't say either category is 100%. I'm anxiously awaiting some kind of solution to the problem, as the dictionary is one of the most useful features of iBooks.

I will definitely post back if I figure out a fix (I have a couple of ideas in mind to try - just haven't had time yet).
 
gr8tfly said:
Same issue here. Most books I've purchased do work. Most epubs I've imported do not work. Can't say either category is 100%. I'm anxiously awaiting some kind of solution to the problem, as the dictionary one of the most useful features of iBooks.

I will definitely post back if I figure out a fix (I have a couple of ideas in mind to try - just haven't had time yet).
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iLounge recently had an article about this, and a fix for it:

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/how-to-fix-dictionary-problems-in-ibooks-1.1/
 
For those of you who use Calibre to convert your ebooks to the epub format, version 0.7.6 seems to fix the problem with the "unknown" language metadata.

Run the conversion on the broken ebook to epub using v0.7.6, import into iTunes (after deleting the broken book from both iTunes and your device), and re-sync. I've done a couple so far, and they now work properly with the dictionary.

Calibre will use the language set in its Prefrences, under General.
 
gr8tfly said:
For those of you who use Calibre to convert your ebooks to the epub format, version 0.7.6 seems to fix the problem with the "unknown" language metadata.

Run the conversion on the broken ebook to epub using v0.7.6, import into iTunes (after deleting the broken book from both iTunes and your device), and re-sync. I've done a couple so far, and they now work properly with the dictionary.

Calibre will use the language set in its Prefrences, under General.
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Yup....the new version of Calibre fixed the issue quite nicely....
 
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