Breaks and White Space in Epubs

Question

I created an epub framework in InDesign, exported it as a book, then opened it with BBEdit so I could import my html files.

It's working great, except that break tags trigger errors. I got another error message for the entity nbsp. (I'm previewing it with iBooks.)

So I'm trying to figure out what's going on here. Are break tags and white space not allowed in epubs? If so, is there another protocol for inserting breaks and white space?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '17 at 16:09

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Break tags are allowed, but be sure you close the tag as required in XHTML: <br />.

Named entities such as   are not allowed in epub3 (thus, iBooks). You can use the numeric value   instead.

answered Jan 29 '17 at 16:09

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Yikes, I forgot all about the different kinds of break tags! – WordBear Jan 29 '17 at 16:55
Yes, it's an easy thing to forget when you're converting html to xhtml. – beaker Jan 29 '17 at 16:57

Breaks and White Space in Epubs

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