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intrstngtimes · 05-04-2016, 04:59 PM

Hello,

I've searched the forums previously and while some people encountered the same issue, I couldn't find a solution that worked for me. I've created an epub, but when I upload it to my KDP dashboard and then download the mobi file it generates, it won't open to the correct Start location in the Kindle for PC app. It does respect my start location (the first chapter) if I look at it in the Kindle Previewer program in "Kindle Voyage" mode...but for some reason, Kindle for PC insists on opening the book at the Table of Contents instead : (

Any idea why this is happening? I followed the Amazon KDP instructions re adding the following tag:

Code:

<a name="Start">Start location here</a>

...and again, Kindle Previewer respects it, but Kindle for PC doesn't. Any idea how I can fix this problem?

Here's the info from my content.opf file (all I've changed is identifying info about the book; everything else is the same):

Code:

  <guide>
    <reference href="titlepage.xhtml" title="Cover" type="cover"/>
    <reference href="MyBookTitle_split_002.html#calibre_toc_3" title="Start" type="text"/>
    <reference href="contents.xhtml" title="Table of Contents" type="toc"/>
  </guide>

...and here's the code from the first chapter file:

Code:

<a id="calibre_toc_3"><span class="hidden">Chapter I</span></a>

So...do I need to add something else to the <guide> code? Kindle for PC's "Go to" function is also landing in the wrong place - if I click "Beginning", instead of going to Chapter 1, it opens at my front matter Copyright page.

If it makes a difference, I also included the following when I first converted the html file in Calibre:

Code:

Start reading at (XPath expression)
//h:a[re:test(@name, "Start", "i")]

Should I have left that blank instead?

Again, if there's any way I can fix this problem, please let me know.

05-04-2016, 04:59 PM	#1
intrstngtimes Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Aura One, Likebook Mars T80D	epub converted to mobi won't start in right place Hello, I've searched the forums previously and while some people encountered the same issue, I couldn't find a solution that worked for me. I've created an epub, but when I upload it to my KDP dashboard and then download the mobi file it generates, it won't open to the correct Start location in the Kindle for PC app. It does respect my start location (the first chapter) if I look at it in the Kindle Previewer program in "Kindle Voyage" mode...but for some reason, Kindle for PC insists on opening the book at the Table of Contents instead : ( Any idea why this is happening? I followed the Amazon KDP instructions re adding the following tag: Code: <a name="Start">Start location here</a> ...and again, Kindle Previewer respects it, but Kindle for PC doesn't. Any idea how I can fix this problem? Here's the info from my content.opf file (all I've changed is identifying info about the book; everything else is the same): Code: <guide> <reference href="titlepage.xhtml" title="Cover" type="cover"/> <reference href="MyBookTitle_split_002.html#calibre_toc_3" title="Start" type="text"/> <reference href="contents.xhtml" title="Table of Contents" type="toc"/> </guide> ...and here's the code from the first chapter file: Code: <a id="calibre_toc_3"><span class="hidden">Chapter I</span></a> So...do I need to add something else to the <guide> code? Kindle for PC's "Go to" function is also landing in the wrong place - if I click "Beginning", instead of going to Chapter 1, it opens at my front matter Copyright page. If it makes a difference, I also included the following when I first converted the html file in Calibre: Code: Start reading at (XPath expression) //h:a[re:test(@name, "Start", "i")] Should I have left that blank instead? Again, if there's any way I can fix this problem, please let me know.