Inserting nav points in existing Kindle book?

glauber · 07-29-2011, 09:12 AM

I have a Mobi/Kindle book that was converted beautifully by someone else, and it includes a table of contents, but it doesn't have the "nav points" or whatever it is that allows you to jump from chapter to chapter using the Kindle's joystick.

Is it possible to use Calibre to insert the nav points in this book? I've tried everything that i could think of, and nothing seems to work. I'm thinking i will have to delete the table of contents and create a new one from scratch.

Any other ideas?

DoctorOhh · 07-29-2011, 09:22 AM

Read this sticky post.

glauber · 08-05-2011, 08:21 AM

NICE! Thanks! I didn't know about the ability to scan the HTML from within Calibre. Now that i know it's there, i'll use it a lot.

I already "fixed" that book by hand, adding H2 tags for the chapters and regenerating the TOC. But next time i'll know what to do.

07-29-2011, 09:12 AM	#1
glauber Humble Keypusher Posts: 20 Karma: 11928 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Carol Stream, IL USA Device: Kindle 1 and 2, iPad	Inserting nav points in existing Kindle book? I have a Mobi/Kindle book that was converted beautifully by someone else, and it includes a table of contents, but it doesn't have the "nav points" or whatever it is that allows you to jump from chapter to chapter using the Kindle's joystick. Is it possible to use Calibre to insert the nav points in this book? I've tried everything that i could think of, and nothing seems to work. I'm thinking i will have to delete the table of contents and create a new one from scratch. Any other ideas?

07-29-2011, 09:22 AM	#2
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 7,315 Karma: 11288999 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Nexus 7, Sony PRS-950, Sony PRS-505, PRS-300	Read this sticky post. __________________ -- Good Reading, Walt -- 20GB of free CLOUD STORAGE: Use this link to sign up for a free 15GB Copy.com cloud storage account and we both get an extra 5GB of free space.

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08-05-2011, 08:21 AM	#3
glauber Humble Keypusher Posts: 20 Karma: 11928 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Carol Stream, IL USA Device: Kindle 1 and 2, iPad	NICE! Thanks! I didn't know about the ability to scan the HTML from within Calibre. Now that i know it's there, i'll use it a lot. I already "fixed" that book by hand, adding H2 tags for the chapters and regenerating the TOC. But next time i'll know what to do.


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