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Tango Mike · 12-08-2011, 09:29 AM

To Toxaris and theducks:

Thanks for your help and giving the dunce a break on the question . . .

My novel (paperback and eBook) is for sale at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, Smashwords, and BooksOnBoard. Since the eBook can potentially be read on any of the e-reading devices and personal computers with Kindle and Nook for Mac/PC and Adobe Digital Editions, and the internal TOC function can vary depending on the device, I decided to include a manual TOC in both the mobi and epub editions so that the reader always has convenient access to it.

If you are looking at a chapter heading anywhere in the novel, you can with one move reach the TOC and with one more move navigate to any other chapter. I don't own an e-reader, but from what I understand, using the TOC function on a Kindle takes more actions than on a Nook or iPad. But rather than include the manual TOC only on the mobi version, I built it in the source Word document that I converted to both mobi and epub.

I think it's a nice feature, and yes, I agree that it's also somewhat redundant. Or maybe I'm just a little masochistic and like creating more work for myself.

Thanks again to you both for your expertise and willingness to help the novice.

12-08-2011, 09:29 AM	#8
Tango Mike Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	To Toxaris and theducks: Thanks for your help and giving the dunce a break on the question . . . My novel (paperback and eBook) is for sale at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, Smashwords, and BooksOnBoard. Since the eBook can potentially be read on any of the e-reading devices and personal computers with Kindle and Nook for Mac/PC and Adobe Digital Editions, and the internal TOC function can vary depending on the device, I decided to include a manual TOC in both the mobi and epub editions so that the reader always has convenient access to it. If you are looking at a chapter heading anywhere in the novel, you can with one move reach the TOC and with one more move navigate to any other chapter. I don't own an e-reader, but from what I understand, using the TOC function on a Kindle takes more actions than on a Nook or iPad. But rather than include the manual TOC only on the mobi version, I built it in the source Word document that I converted to both mobi and epub. I think it's a nice feature, and yes, I agree that it's also somewhat redundant. Or maybe I'm just a little masochistic and like creating more work for myself. Thanks again to you both for your expertise and willingness to help the novice.