Redundant TOC in Mobi

drmar35mm · 02-12-2014, 11:35 AM

I've been trying to create Mobi e books to submit to the Kindle Store. I input an htm document saved from my Word original. Everything is OK, except Calibre is adding a redundant and quite unwanted second TOC at the end of the Mobi. I make an Epub, and it's no problem. How do I make it stop? Any help is appreciated, and thanks...

kovidgoyal · 02-12-2014, 11:36 AM

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....-in-mobi-files

eschwartz · 02-12-2014, 03:21 PM

Amazon doesn't accept mobi/azw3 created by calibre.

And the recommended (only?) way to upload a book to Amazon KDP is either upload the epub (amazon will convert it for you) or convert it yourself using kindlegen which is really the same thing, the only difference is who does it.

drmar35mm · 02-14-2014, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Amazon doesn't accept mobi/azw3 created by calibre.

And the recommended (only?) way to upload a book to Amazon KDP is either upload the epub (amazon will convert it for you) or convert it yourself using kindlegen which is really the same thing, the only difference is who does it.

Thanks for the info. I will do that in future. What's funny is that last fall I submitted a Mobi book to Amazon created in Calibre, and they accepted it. The process went quite smoothly, in fact. But I'll try Epub next time.

kovidgoyal · 02-14-2014, 10:19 AM

Amazon accepts MOBI produced by calibre, it *sometimes* does not accept KF8/AZW3.

eschwartz · 02-14-2014, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Amazon accepts MOBI produced by calibre, it *sometimes* does not accept KF8/AZW3.

I see.

@drmar35mm:
But I'd still go for EPUB submission -- there is no particular reason to limit customers from getting the (updated) azw3 version from Amazon's conversion, if their reader supports it. And if their reader doesn't support azw3 (because they're still using the Kindle2/Kindle1/KindleDX?) they still get the mobi fallback.

02-12-2014, 11:35 AM	#1
drmar35mm Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kindle	Redundant TOC in Mobi I've been trying to create Mobi e books to submit to the Kindle Store. I input an htm document saved from my Word original. Everything is OK, except Calibre is adding a redundant and quite unwanted second TOC at the end of the Mobi. I make an Epub, and it's no problem. How do I make it stop? Any help is appreciated, and thanks...

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02-12-2014, 11:36 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....-in-mobi-files

02-12-2014, 03:21 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Amazon doesn't accept mobi/azw3 created by calibre. And the recommended (only?) way to upload a book to Amazon KDP is either upload the epub (amazon will convert it for you) or convert it yourself using kindlegen which is really the same thing, the only difference is who does it.

02-14-2014, 10:19 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Amazon accepts MOBI produced by calibre, it sometimes does not accept KF8/AZW3.

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