Thanks for all the help, Tex.
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
Kindles should open where the "Text" attribute is marked:
- Right click the file you want the book to start on.
- Add Semantics
- Click on Text.
Now you can repeat 1-3 to double-check that there is a little checkmark next to "Text". |
This worked perfectly, thank you! It allowed the book to start at the cover for both Kindle and iBooks, and it even added the cover to the Kindle TOC. It didn't add it to the iBooks TOC, but that doesn't matter, because whenever you bring up the TOC in iBooks, the cover is displayed on the left side.
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
What version of InDesign are you using? And what is this "203.png"? Is that filename of the "original" high resolution cover that you was created for the book?
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Exactly. I'm using InDesign CC, and when you export to ePub, it creates a file called 203.png, a high-res version of the cover that really increases file size. You can export the file to ePub with lower image settings, which helps the file size, but you still end up with two cover files. I haven't heard a compelling reason yet to keep both images, so I've been deleting 203.png and pointing all references toward the original cover image.
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
Side Note: I personally recommend against including front/backmatter in the TOC (either XHTML file or the ncx). I believe the TOC should easily allow you to jump around the book material (Preface, Introduction, Chapters, Afterword, Appendix, ...). You never really see "Cover", "Title Page", "Copyright page" in a physical book TOC.... and I believe it doesn't fit in an ebook TOC either.
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I get what you're saying, but an informal study of the eBooks in my library show that, at least in my genre, most publishers still include Cover, Title Page, Dedication, and Copyright in the eBook TOC, even though they would never do so in a physical book. So, until that standard changes, I'd rather follow convention.
Thanks again for all the help. Such a simple fix, but it seems to be doing the job.