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RickAltman · 06-20-2012, 06:51 PM

I am attempting my first ePub book after about 150 years in electronic publishing. In fact, the software I'm suing (Ventura Publisher) is old enough to be in a museum. Nonetheless, it creates fine HTML and I have succeeded in creating very clean-looking output that Calibre digests. Mostly.

Here's the problem: my chapters show up in bizarre order. Introduction, Ch 26 (last), Ch 8, Ch 16...

The TOC shows everything in proper order and it is linked correctly to each chapter. The master HTM file also shows all chapters in correct order. But when paging through the book (in Calibre's viewer or on my Kindle), I get the incorrect ordering.

It is not an option to rebuild in Word. I did open the ePub file in Sigil and the TOC showed up in correct order. But I cannot get Calibre to behave itself, and I would be most grateful for advice and ideas...

Rick A.
Pleasanton CA

06-20-2012, 06:51 PM	#1
RickAltman Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle	Chapters out of order I am attempting my first ePub book after about 150 years in electronic publishing. In fact, the software I'm suing (Ventura Publisher) is old enough to be in a museum. Nonetheless, it creates fine HTML and I have succeeded in creating very clean-looking output that Calibre digests. Mostly. Here's the problem: my chapters show up in bizarre order. Introduction, Ch 26 (last), Ch 8, Ch 16... The TOC shows everything in proper order and it is linked correctly to each chapter. The master HTM file also shows all chapters in correct order. But when paging through the book (in Calibre's viewer or on my Kindle), I get the incorrect ordering. It is not an option to rebuild in Word. I did open the ePub file in Sigil and the TOC showed up in correct order. But I cannot get Calibre to behave itself, and I would be most grateful for advice and ideas... Rick A. Pleasanton CA