Adding chapter markers to Kindle books

peartree · 03-29-2012, 12:48 PM

I purchased a book from the Kindle store last night, and it doesn't have any chapter markers. It does have a table of contents though, so it seems like it should. Is there a way to add chapter markers, perhaps through Calibre? It's also left justified, instead of fully justified. Can I fix that in Calibre too? Let me know if I should post this in the Calibre forum instead...

DiapDealer · 03-29-2012, 01:49 PM

It would probably be better in the calibre forum. But quickly: the problem is that the ebook in question was built with no ncx file... that's what generates the chapter markers. You may be able to fix it with calibre, but that depends on whether there is an easy way to tell calibre how to identify (accurately and consistently) where a new chapter/section starts (completely independent of the inline Table of Contents).

You could also convert it to epub and open it with Sigil to generate your own ncx and then convert it back to mobi for the Kindle.

03-29-2012, 12:48 PM	#1
peartree Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 38 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Seattle WA Device: Paperwhite	Adding chapter markers to Kindle books I purchased a book from the Kindle store last night, and it doesn't have any chapter markers. It does have a table of contents though, so it seems like it should. Is there a way to add chapter markers, perhaps through Calibre? It's also left justified, instead of fully justified. Can I fix that in Calibre too? Let me know if I should post this in the Calibre forum instead...

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03-29-2012, 01:49 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,552 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	It would probably be better in the calibre forum. But quickly: the problem is that the ebook in question was built with no ncx file... that's what generates the chapter markers. You may be able to fix it with calibre, but that depends on whether there is an easy way to tell calibre how to identify (accurately and consistently) where a new chapter/section starts (completely independent of the inline Table of Contents). You could also convert it to epub and open it with Sigil to generate your own ncx and then convert it back to mobi for the Kindle.

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