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Originally Posted by DaveLessnau
Up until now, I've been using Kindles and doing MOBI/AZW3 > AZW3 Conversions in Calibre to make things look a bit better (mostly increasing font size). I've never had a problem with that. Today, I bought my first epub from Kobo. The DRM Free version automatically synced to my new Kobo Forma and I also downloaded a copy of it directly from Kobo to my hard drive and then Added it to Calibre. I did my standard conversion (this time from Epub > Epub) and sent the book to my Forma. The directly synced version has a TOC, but the version I Converted does not (neither in the Calibre viewer nor on the Forma - the only thing in the TOC is "Start"). Is there some known issue with Tables of Contents when converting to epubs?
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One item is that the copy that auto-synced would be a .kepub.epub which would open with the WebKit based renderer while the downloaded .epub would be opened with the RMSDK renderer.
You might want to check the conversion options under the ToC tab. Try a conversion using the Force use of auto-generated Table of Contents or the Manually fine-tune the ToC after conversion is completed to pop the ToC editor open.
A couple of questions that come to mind.
If you open the epub using the calibre viewer prior to the epub => epub conversion, does it have a ToC?
And also may I ask why you are doing an epub=>epub conversion prior to sending the book to your Kobo? For most part, I use the Modify Epub plugin to remove fluff from epubs when I feel it is necessary. I reserve epub=>epub conversion for those epubs where the contents are so gibbled that it makes sense to try a conversion.