Losing Chapter Breaks

Bittybye · 07-11-2011, 07:21 PM

Hi, I have a epub book with chapter breaks, but when I convert to mobi, I no longer have the chapter breaks. Am I doing something wrong? Or do I need to do something extra so I have the chapter breaks.

Any help would be appreciated.

kovidgoyal · 07-11-2011, 07:22 PM

calibre's viewer does not support page breaks in MOBI. Open your MOBI file using the Kindle Previewer program or view it on an actual Kindle.

Bittybye · 07-11-2011, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

calibre's viewer does not support page breaks in MOBI. Open your MOBI file using the Kindle Previewer program or view it on an actual Kindle.

That's what I meant, on my Kindle the chapter breaks aren't there.

kovidgoyal · 07-11-2011, 07:41 PM

If you mean there are page breaks in your epub that are not present in the converted MOBI, then you should open a bug report and attach your epub to it.

Bittybye · 07-11-2011, 07:50 PM

The formatting of the pages are fine, it's just chapter breaks. Sometimes I like to skip to a specific chapter and chapter breaks is the easiest way to do this. The epub I bought had the breaks, but when I converted there were none.

kovidgoyal · 07-11-2011, 07:52 PM

I dont understand what you mean by a chapter break? A table of contents entry?

Bittybye · 07-11-2011, 07:54 PM

Chapter markers? Where you can use the 5 arrow key to skip from chapter to chapter.

kovidgoyal · 07-11-2011, 07:57 PM

Ah you mean the chapter navigation. Whether that works for a given conversion depends on many things, the most important of which are:

1) You have to set your output profile to kindle

2) The chapters in the TOC in the input document have to be in the same order as they appear in the book itself.

Bittybye · 07-11-2011, 08:06 PM

As far as I can see it's no different from any other time I've converted a book with chapter navigation and had no problem.

Sorry to be such a bother, you've created a wonderful program that's idiot proof, except for me.

kovidgoyal · 07-11-2011, 08:08 PM

Look at the conversion log that will tell you why there are no chapter navpoints.

Bittybye · 07-11-2011, 08:23 PM

Still nothing, I guess I'll just have to do without them. Thanks for trying to help me.

07-11-2011, 07:21 PM	#1
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	Losing Chapter Breaks Hi, I have a epub book with chapter breaks, but when I convert to mobi, I no longer have the chapter breaks. Am I doing something wrong? Or do I need to do something extra so I have the chapter breaks. Any help would be appreciated.

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07-11-2011, 07:22 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre's viewer does not support page breaks in MOBI. Open your MOBI file using the Kindle Previewer program or view it on an actual Kindle.

07-11-2011, 07:41 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you mean there are page breaks in your epub that are not present in the converted MOBI, then you should open a bug report and attach your epub to it.

07-11-2011, 07:50 PM	#5
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	The formatting of the pages are fine, it's just chapter breaks. Sometimes I like to skip to a specific chapter and chapter breaks is the easiest way to do this. The epub I bought had the breaks, but when I converted there were none.

07-11-2011, 07:52 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont understand what you mean by a chapter break? A table of contents entry?

07-11-2011, 07:54 PM	#7
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	Chapter markers? Where you can use the 5 arrow key to skip from chapter to chapter.

07-11-2011, 07:57 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Ah you mean the chapter navigation. Whether that works for a given conversion depends on many things, the most important of which are: 1) You have to set your output profile to kindle 2) The chapters in the TOC in the input document have to be in the same order as they appear in the book itself.

07-11-2011, 08:06 PM	#9
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	As far as I can see it's no different from any other time I've converted a book with chapter navigation and had no problem. Sorry to be such a bother, you've created a wonderful program that's idiot proof, except for me.

07-11-2011, 08:08 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Look at the conversion log that will tell you why there are no chapter navpoints.

07-11-2011, 08:23 PM	#11
Bittybye Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 505124 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-T2	Still nothing, I guess I'll just have to do without them. Thanks for trying to help me.

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