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Old 09-17-2017, 09:41 AM   #16
GlenBarrington
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
As the others have told you, that "TOC in the back" thing is a STRICT no-no, and has been since the advent of time, pretty much. It used to be an accident--Calibre-built MOBIs sliding through with the TOC at the back of the book, but then, during the beginning of KENP, people did it deliberately to game the system.

The TOC "rule" has been in place since AT LEAST 2012. I have all the Kindle Publishing Guidelines, back through the beginning of 2012, and it's stated there, as well, although differently than it is today; it said:

I don't know what you've been reading, but no: Amazon has NEVER gone after a single author for having their TOC where it is supposed to be. I can tell you that they have absolutely forced authors to move their TOC to the front of the book, even where no nefariousness was meant. (We are commercial formatters, and we've done ~3500 eBooks, so in this, I know whereof I speak.)

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What is the issue with the TOC in the back? It's a PITA, for the reader, but how does it scam the system?
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