ExplodeImplodeEpub was written for this use case:

  1. Unzip epub
  2. Modify contents
  3. Zip epub
  4. Test it on a reader
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 several times until everything looks fine

ExplodeImplodeEpub helps with step 1 and 2. This is how to use it:

Launch the program

Step 1

Drop an epub file into it. It will begin to explode it in the same folder of the epub file.

Step 4

The name of the exploded folder is the epub filename with _exploded as a sufix.

Step 3

Make the needed modifications on the exploded directory.

Step 2

Press Rebuild and a new epub will be built using the contents of the exploded folder (it excludes the files: .DS_Store, Thumbs.db, __MACOSX, and *.swp).

Note: The epub file will be overwritten with the new epub. And this operation is atomic (i.e.: the new epub is built in a temporary file and only when this finishes successfully, the old epub will be overwritten).

 

Runs on OS X, Linux and Windows (needs Java installed).

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