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Originally Posted by affa
...Does this make sense, creating 'fake' chapters?
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To answer this we have to make some definitions clear. I use the following when thinking about the internal structure of an ePub:
Chapter - each separate HTML/XHTML/XML file, regardless of their logical use. This is particularily applicable when using Sigil as it associates its "chapter break" function with the splitting of a file into two files.
Page - I reject this term with any ebook. There are no pages in an ebook, period. What most people term a "page" should more properly be termed a "screen" and how much information fits a "screen" varies from reader to reader. Each "chapter" is really a long string of data, text and pix, that the reader breaks into individual screens at its whim (read: based on font settings and its method of sizing images).
Using these definitions, my answer is "yes" you should create chapters (e.g. separate files) for each segment of the ebook. Its easy to have any of what you term "fake" chapters not appear in the TOC. Having them as separate files is the easy way to ensure that the reader, at least almost all readers, will start a new screen to display the data, an image in your case.
As to the placement of sections, I generally prefer the arrangement that has been common in printed books for centuries. Title pages, frontpiece illustrations, copyright, dedication, and preface all before the body of the work and glossaries and other reference items such as endnotes at the end. An "About the Author" section can, IMHO, go either in the front or the end. If at the end, I think it should be the first thing after the body of the book.