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Originally Posted by Ned
Final update for those who helped:
I created a new empty epub2 in Sigil, copied the css from the original, then spent half an hour copy and pasting the html pages from my original to the new one.
Then added an Index of Poems as a text page at the end of the book.
Did NOT tell it to Generate a TOC.
Saved and uploaded to KDP which accepted it and the proof reads exactly as it should do.
So the paperback should be fine now.
Thanks again all  |
Wow, not sure where to start.
- Why didn't you just use the ePUB2 plugin, instead of doing all that work?
- Once that was done, why not simply either:
- Take the ePUB, convert it to a Word doc, and work from there, or
- Delete the toc.html file, entirely?
- Or...about 5 other things that would have been faster/easier?
And I want to say--not to be harsh here, but I've had innumerable customers
try to make a print layout from an ePUB file, to save money. I'm all for them saving money, but the results are almost always wrong, because eBooks don't use PUSH pages--pages that PUSH content to the correct layout page, if naught else. (Blanks, for example, after a dedication or ack page, that "moves" the next page to the correct side of the book.)
For example, whilst the title page will of course be on a recto (right-hand) page, is the TOC? Is the first page a recto page, or not? It seems that it's almost always on a left-hand page, in the world of converted files (from ePUB, I mean).
What about justification and hyphenation? Is it turned on and working? Or for poems, is it turned OFF? I'm inferring that all your poems, your couplets, etc. are left-aligned, is that right?
I'm sorry, but...honestly, you could have more easily converted the ePUB3 to ePUB2 to Word and worked from there, or...hell. You seem to have taken the long way 'round, brother.
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