Crypto-Gram is a famous free monthly newsletter written by the security expert Bruce Schneier. The original is available at Bruce Schneier’s website; this is the same content in MOBI and EPUB format, suitable for e-book readers.
I tried downloading the EPUB files from my Kobo eReader, but the returned MIME type (“text/plain”) is incorrect for EPUB files, and the eReader does not save the file.
Is it possible for you to setup the returned MIME type to be “application/epub+zip” for these EPUB files?
If you have access to the `.htaccess’ file, you can add the folowing directives :
I’ve tried to put a .htaccess on that directory but I’m not sure if the server’s configuration allows it. It’s just an FTP account that I got from my ADSL provider, crappy stuff. 🙂
Hi,
I tried downloading the EPUB files from my Kobo eReader, but the returned MIME type (“text/plain”) is incorrect for EPUB files, and the eReader does not save the file.
Is it possible for you to setup the returned MIME type to be “application/epub+zip” for these EPUB files?
If you have access to the `.htaccess’ file, you can add the folowing directives :
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Oops… the Apache directives are gone… Here they are :
AddType application/epub+zip .epub
AddType application/x-mobipocket-ebook .mobi
I’ve tried to put a .htaccess on that directory but I’m not sure if the server’s configuration allows it. It’s just an FTP account that I got from my ADSL provider, crappy stuff. 🙂