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jcsalomon · 06-21-2016, 02:56 PM

A book I’ve just typeset had its EPUB start location set to Preface.xhtml, just after the TOC (nav.xhtml) and just before Chapter01.xhtml. Kindlegen produces a file that correctly opens where I want it to. And Amazon set the SRL to Chapter 1.

Here’s the entire body of the preface, as the author wants it displayed:

Code:

<body>
  <h2 class="sigil_not_in_toc">Once upon a time [author’s text elided]</h2>
</body>

I know there won’t be any guarantees, but has anyone had any luck with something like this? Perhaps if I included a dummy

Code:

<h1 style="display: none;">Preface</h1>

or something like that?

On second thought… Hmm, I’d been abusing the <h2> tag for this formatting. What happens if I add this Preface to the TOC? I’ll get back to this thread after I’ve tried it.

06-21-2016, 02:56 PM	#34
jcsalomon Zealot Posts: 98 Karma: 1204 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Bookari (née Mantano Reader) on Android; Kindle Fire HD	A book I’ve just typeset had its EPUB start location set to Preface.xhtml, just after the TOC (nav.xhtml) and just before Chapter01.xhtml. Kindlegen produces a file that correctly opens where I want it to. And Amazon set the SRL to Chapter 1. Here’s the entire body of the preface, as the author wants it displayed: Code: <body> <h2 class="sigil_not_in_toc">Once upon a time [author’s text elided]</h2> </body> I know there won’t be any guarantees, but has anyone had any luck with something like this? Perhaps if I included a dummy Code: <h1 style="display: none;">Preface</h1> or something like that? On second thought… Hmm, I’d been abusing the <h2> tag for this formatting. What happens if I add this Preface to the TOC? I’ll get back to this thread after I’ve tried it.