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Ransom · 07-02-2011, 06:48 PM

I've noticed several comments in book reviews at Amazon where people were complaining about this e-book or that not containing a hyperlinked (working) TOC, only to be chided by later reviewers saying that he/she has to scroll down to the TOC.

Obviously, some readers expect to see a TOC right off the bat, perhaps right after the book's title and by-line. And equally obvious is the fact that many of these books have a greyed-out TOC in the "go to" menu of their Kindles even though they did in fact have a working TOC within the text itself, probably after the preface. (Of course the people who created the mobi/azw are partly to blame for not making sure they had a TOC that wasn't greyed-out.)

I'm wondering if it would perhaps be more fitting to move the TOC up after the title/by-line though with e-books?

07-02-2011, 06:48 PM	#1
Ransom Banned Posts: 242 Karma: 51054 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belleville, IL Device: Kindle-3	Will E-Books Change The Way We Handle The TOC? I've noticed several comments in book reviews at Amazon where people were complaining about this e-book or that not containing a hyperlinked (working) TOC, only to be chided by later reviewers saying that he/she has to scroll down to the TOC. Obviously, some readers expect to see a TOC right off the bat, perhaps right after the book's title and by-line. And equally obvious is the fact that many of these books have a greyed-out TOC in the "go to" menu of their Kindles even though they did in fact have a working TOC within the text itself, probably after the preface. (Of course the people who created the mobi/azw are partly to blame for not making sure they had a TOC that wasn't greyed-out.) I'm wondering if it would perhaps be more fitting to move the TOC up after the title/by-line though with e-books? Last edited by Ransom; 07-02-2011 at 08:43 PM.