The checklist Laura Leichum, Intellectual Property Manager at Georgetown University Press, developed to check EPUB conversions for quality.

1. GUP ePub Checklist
1. Check that the table of contents bookmarks on the left-hand side of the screen are all present, have
correct titles, and link to the correct place in the book.
2. Check the links in the table of contents inside the text to make sure that they are all present and take
you to the correct location in the text.
3. Scroll through the entire text and spot-check that the links for endnotes, figures & tables etc. are
present and are working correctly. Also, if there are websites referenced in the notes then spot-check
to see if the links take you to the correct website.
4. For ALL tables, figures, and maps, check that the headings which identify each illustration are
attached to the illustration and not attached to the previous paragraph, for example.
5. Scroll through the entire text looking for any style problems--e.g. weird spacing, truncated text, text
that is run together, etc. Basically, anything that doesn't seem to be displaying properly or seems to not
follow the style of the print book.
6. Do a search for the word “chapter” in order to check that only internal chapter references are linked,
not chapter references to external publications.
7. Finally, spot-check the links in the index to see if they are all present and are linking to the
approximate location in the text that refers to that particular word, subject, person etc. Also, check that
references to years or other types of numbers are NOT linked.
GUP ePub Checklist_Leichum_6-21-12