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Originally Posted by Cyberseeker
In a conventional book, it starts with a title page, copyright page, dedication, table of contents, preface etc.
Does an Epub follow the same format? If so, should the 'automatic' TOC include these things, or should it simply start with 'chapter one'?
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While it is up to you, and perhaps your reseller if a commercial book, I would highly recommend that any Dedication, Foreword, Preface, Afterword, ... be listed in the ToC. I also like the title page to be listed but don't see a need for the copyright page following it to have a separate ToC listing. If you do include an HTML ToC and/or List of Illustrations then I would suggest including them in the ePub's ToC as well.
I personally don't find the need for an HTML ToC in most cases, particularily with novels, but some people like them and they are desirable when reading them before reading the text helps explain the book's construction (example: John Brunner's
Sheep Look Up).