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Old 12-30-2011, 05:31 AM   #1
David J. Perry
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Question Defining the 'start point' in HTML and using Calibre to generate the .mobi

Hi all,

I guess this is probably a simple question, but let me preface it by saying I'm completely HTML savvy, and my preference for building books is to manually build the HTML file, and then import this into Calibre.

When my Kindle opens my book, it opens it at the 'first page' - that is, the title page. If I then press the 'page forward' button on my Kindle, I go through pages (copyright, dedication, etc) until I get to page one of my novel.

On other books on my Kindle, when I 'open' the book, it goes straight to 'page one' of the novel. I could, of course, achieve this by moving my front matter to the back, but, critically, when I press the 'page back' button on these books on my Kindle, I go BACK through the dedication, copyright, title page, and then cover - that is, everything is in the 'right' place, but the Kindle opens it at first page of the story.

How can I achieve this in the HTML? So far I've tried <a name="start"> and <div id="start">, but no joy as yet...

Thanks for your time
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