Quote:
Originally Posted by DaleDe
Actually the file is repaginated and then redisplayed in the larger font. The page boundaries change and if you backup or go forward the pages will still come out the same as if you started over with the chapter.
Dale
|
Yes;
odedta mayn't already know that in an ePUB, it's common that each chapter = file, as well as each section of frontmatter, so, no: the entire book doesn't reload. Only the file in which the reader currently is, reloads. Not the whole book, unless it's extremely short or poorly made, and the entire thing is in a single file.
With regard to your client wanting it, you're simply going to have to explain that that's not how ebooks work, period. Moreover, assuming that s/he intends to publish commercially, on Amazon, you can hand her this, from the Amazon Publishing Guidelines:
Quote:
3.3.5 TOC Guideline #5: No Page Numbers in TOC
Do not use page numbers in the TOC. Kindle books do not always map directly to page numbers in physical editions of the book.
If you are importing the document from Word, use the “Heading” styles and the "Table of Contents" feature of Microsoft Word. The TOC created by Word will be imported correctly and will convert to a TOC that follows these guidelines.
|
This isn't a "recommedation" from Amazon. It's a directive. "Do NOT use," not "we suggest you don't use..."
End of discussion. At least, it's certainly the end of the discussion for me. I've spent 5 years trying to accommodate this type of "low-information client" requests, and I've learned the very hard way that it's simply a lot of brain damage, and it's an utter waste of everyone's time. And, odedta, if this is a
paying client, you should already know that this isn't doable, and have not only that answer to the ready, but this information from Amazon's Professional Conversion guidelines to hand to give to him/her.
Hitch