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Old 03-10-2024, 07:45 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Pocok View Post
I've noticed in some cases the publishers (if even they include one) tend to place the ToC xhtml file (and thus the whole page) to the end of the book, but why is that?

Practical reason? Tradition? Or simply that's how they do it and there is nothing more to think about here?
That was popular when Kindle Unlimited was new since going to the ToC would basically show you as having read every page. Other than that, no real reason.

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What do you guys think, what is the general consensus regarding that notion, do you personally even include a Table of Contents page?
With ePub3 ebooks, the navigation document is an xhtml file which I tend to make visible and place after the cover and title page near the front of the ebook. I do much the same with an ePub2 though there the navigation document is the .ncx file and you need to create a HTML version of it for humans.

And then we have the bleeps who place a human readable ToC at the start and end of the ebook.
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