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Old 05-11-2018, 09:11 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by nadabutamor View Post
Alright. Thanks so much for all the info.

This is for a client and they're insisting on starting off the book on Chapter 1. I've resulted in the consensus that its InDesign that's causing the problems. So I'm trying out Vellum to see if it works.

Will keep you updated!
No offense, but the idea that it's INDD causing it is...unwarranted. If you search the Amazon KDP forums, you'll see complaints about this very issue going back YEARS. This happens all the time, if you set the SRL in the ePUB/MOBI source file, and then run it through KG or KP, then upload it at the KDP. No big deal.

To fix it, take your ePUB, and unpack it. Reformat it into a source HTML zip for a MOBI. Feed that to KDP, and the SRL will be where it should be, at Ch. 1.

OR, for that matter, build your MOBI properly, using an Amazon tool, (KG/KP) and just upload the thing. When the book is on sale, the SRL will be set to Chapter One. The weirdo, middle-of-the-second-screen-of-the-TOC issue will be fixed in the PW (Publishing Workflow).

Honestly, I cannot BELIEVE that you'd redo the book in Vellum, of all things (want horror? Put the resulting Drop-cap special on a Paperwhite, and switch the Publisher fonts OFF), just over this. If you're talking about a client, that means you're a professional--so, you should know that Vellum is hardly the answer. Vellum is fine, for a DIY, easy, mindless, drag-drop tool for self-pubs, but it's not a commercial tool. As I said--view the resulting mobi in the PPW, and lose the Publisher fonts, to see what you are getting there.

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