MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - tips/tricks needed; ToC questions from a new Kindle publisher

DMSmillie · 01-24-2011, 03:43 PM

Welcome to the MobileRead forums!

1. The "Go To..." menu doesn't relate to the NCX file. On the Kindle, the NCX file enables jumping to previous and next navigation points using the 5-way control button. The "Go To... Start Reading" and "Go To... Table of Contents" menu items are enabled by including appropriate Guide item entries in the OPF file.

2. As a general rule, actions that rely on synching (such as "Sync to Furthest Page Read") will only be active for books that have been bought and downloaded from Amazon.

3. I don't think it's possible to add menu items to the "Go To..." menu.

4. Useful resources for you:

Kindlegen, Kindle Previewer and Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines (PDF)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000234621

Kindle Direct Publishing - Community Forums
(excellent resource for info and advice from other users of the Kindle Direct Publishing interface on creating, formatting and publishing ebooks for Kindle)
http://forums.kindledirectpublishing...orumindex.jspa

"Kindle Formatting" by Joshua Tallent
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Formatt...=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ

I'd also suggest that the MOBI forum here is perhaps a more appropriate forum for asking questions on this subject - the Kindle Developers Corner forum is more for those creating programming hacks and applications for the Kindle.

01-24-2011, 03:43 PM	#2
DMSmillie Enquiring Mind Posts: 562 Karma: 42350 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3 (WiFi)	Welcome to the MobileRead forums! 1. The "Go To..." menu doesn't relate to the NCX file. On the Kindle, the NCX file enables jumping to previous and next navigation points using the 5-way control button. The "Go To... Start Reading" and "Go To... Table of Contents" menu items are enabled by including appropriate Guide item entries in the OPF file. 2. As a general rule, actions that rely on synching (such as "Sync to Furthest Page Read") will only be active for books that have been bought and downloaded from Amazon. 3. I don't think it's possible to add menu items to the "Go To..." menu. 4. Useful resources for you: Kindlegen, Kindle Previewer and Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines (PDF) http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000234621 Kindle Direct Publishing - Community Forums (excellent resource for info and advice from other users of the Kindle Direct Publishing interface on creating, formatting and publishing ebooks for Kindle) http://forums.kindledirectpublishing...orumindex.jspa "Kindle Formatting" by Joshua Tallent http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Formatt...=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ I'd also suggest that the MOBI forum here is perhaps a more appropriate forum for asking questions on this subject - the Kindle Developers Corner forum is more for those creating programming hacks and applications for the Kindle.