The package name The Gallbladder-4.itmsp contains an invalid character(s).  The valid characters are: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, dash, period, underscore, but the name cannot start with a dash, period, or underscore

I have an iBook on itunes and I am trying to upload a new version of the book. I am following the workflow through iBooks Author and when I fell out all of the infromation for the package on iTunes producer i then hit the deliver button and I get the following error message:
The package name The Gallbladder-4.itmsp contains an invalid character(s).  The valid characters are: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, dash, period, underscore, but the name cannot start with a dash, period, or underscore.
As far as I can tell the file that is being referenced does not meet the criteria axpressed in the erro message and in fact that file has been created by iBooks Author so one would think there shouldnt be an error.
I also get the following to error messages:
Apple's web service operation was not successful
        Unable to authenticate the package: The Gallbladder-4.itmsp
Would ove any help.
Thanks,
Jeff

Thank you so much for your help.
For anyone that would like to check out this book it can be downloaded at:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-gallbladder/id598317335?ls=1
Please check out our free medical education blog by Jeffrey Eakin using iBooks Author at:
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