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Old 06-18-2013, 08:24 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Notjohn View Post
As I understand it, one uses the "text" semantic to identify the start location in Sigil. This no longer seems to work when the epub is converted to a mobi file for sale on Amazon.

Personally, I would like my books to open at the cover, but if there is an included cover in the epub, then I assume it should be labeled "cover". Second choice would be the title page. I have tried that, and I have also tried inserting a page of reader/reviewer praise and labeling that "text", with no luck. The books now seem to open almost as random--at the cover, at the TOC, at chapter one, or often enough in the middle of a page.

The old id="start" seems to have stopped working some time ago.

Should I be working in the manifest rather than with the semantics tool?

I am most concerned with the book's appearance on the Kindle platform, because that's where three-quarters of my sales are.
Please, read these threads:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=191387

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=212660
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