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Originally Posted by intrstngtimes
Obviously there's a way to do this properly, because books I've bought or KU-borrowed from Amazon open at the first chapter automatically...so what I have they got in their guide file that I don't? : (
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The Amazon default is the first page of the first chapter, ignoring all preliminary material even if that material is vital to understanding the book. As I understand the matter, the SRL is set in the actual publishing workflow, so the Kindle Previewer experience is meaningless. I suspect the way to get what you want is simply not to use a text semantic at all.
The TOC or more accurately the middle of the TOC is actually a very popular place for Amazon to begin my books in which I have labeled the title page as text. But it's not consistent. Not long ago I published a book that started -- yes! -- at the title page. However, I found some typos so uploaded a correction version, republished, and had Support push the revision to my Kindle archives . . . and the new version opened in the middle of the TOC.
I know that some people claim to have a top-secret method for beating the system, but I have tried every published one, and they all fail.
Here are a couple:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?t=212660
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=191387