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Originally Posted by Paula-59
Eschwartz: Thank you for your reply!
OK, if I'm understanding you, I should create the html TOC as directed in the FAQ and when I go to "add book" in Calibri I select the TOC document and it will, in turn, bring the rest, right?
Since each chapter document has the style sheet linked in it's head code the stylesheet should come in as well?
Just want to be sure I understand :-)
Re: I didn't know Calibri had an html editor. I used BBEdit because I do my normal coding in that. I'll check out the Calibri editor.
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Yes.
But as I said, you can also import the files into the Editor, rather than going through an HTMLZ ==> EPUB conversion.
BBEdit -- that is a Mac application, yes? I don't believe the Mac builds of calibre have a .app launcher for the Viewer and Editor components of calibre -- you may have to go through the main Library gui to get to the Editor.
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While I've got you: is there any validity to the idea that breaking the book up into separate chapter documents will reduce load time on devices? That came from an ebook formatting book from 2012 -- not sure if conditions have changed enough to render that unnecessary?
Thanks so much!
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It will help for people who have really old devices. It was definitely a big problem with at least some of the Sony PRS devices.
The Kindle and Kobo have no such issues, and they are the most common E-Ink devices (they cover most of the market).
I don't know of any app ever that had the problem.
It is mostly unnecessary to reduce load times, but I still think it is more organized to split by chapter.
It gives you free chapter breaks (instead of setting page-break-* properties), and helps you keep track of where you are when editing.
And there certainly is no good reason to
specifically avoid doing so!
