Quote:
Originally Posted by crutledge
The reader sees every entry in the guide by title in the MOBI content menu.
With the following guide
Code:
<guide>
<reference type="cover" title="Cover" href="Text/COVER.xhtml"/>
<reference type="title-page" title="Title Page" href="Text/TITLE_PAGE.xhtml"/>
<reference type="toc" title="Table Of Contents" href="Text/Table%20of%20Contents.xhtml"/>
<reference type="loi" title="List Of Illustrations" href="Text/List%20of%20Illustrations.xhtml"/>
<reference type="text" title="Text" href="Text/FRONTPIECE.xhtml"/>
</guide>
the user will see:
Title Page
Table of contents
List of Illustrations
Text
First Page
Cover
And the book will open at the cover.
If the last line is changed to
Code:
<reference type="text" title="Start Reading" href="Text/FRONTPIECE.xhtml"/>
Text will be change to Start Reading
And the book will open at the cover.
If the line is changed to
Code:
<reference type="start" title="Start Reading" href="Text/FRONTPIECE.xhtml"/>
the user will see Start Reading and the book will open at the Start Reading point (FRONTPIECE) as per standard MOBI.
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Where? Where is the user going to see that? On my Kindle, I get "Go To Beginning" on the joystick control, and that is IT. I've never seen any menu item, anywhere, for "text" even though that's what I use for "start reading." Nor, for that matter, have I ever seen a "start" or "start reading" on my Kindle, either, in any book. Or in Kindle For PC.
I use KindleGen to make my mobi's, so I presume that they're "standard" MOBI. I use a guide that looks like this:
Code:
<guide>
<reference type="title-page" title="Title Page" href="Text/TitlePage.xhtml"/>
<reference type="copyright-page" title="Copyright Page" href="Text/CopyrightPage.xhtml"/>
<reference type="dedication" title="Dedication" href="Text/Dedication.xhtml"/>
<reference type="acknowledgements" title="Acknowledgements" href="Text/Acknowledgements.xhtml"/>
<reference type="text" title="Text" href="Text/HalfTitlePage.xhtml"/>
</guide>
And I guarantee you that "Text" does not appear on any TOC, anywhere, or on the joystick menu, either on Kindle or K4PC, but when the user selects "Go To Beginning," it goes (in this instance) to the Half-Title page. What reader are you using upon which "text" or "start reading" appears?
Hitch