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mrmikel · 07-12-2012, 01:39 PM

If you have only one htm file you will cause your epub to fail in some readers. In the reader it will show as having only one page and it may cause a reset when it is accessed.

You don't have to have one for each chapter, more one for every 250k of text for it to work.

However, it can be easier on you as you are editing to put in a chapter break at the end of each chapter. (Don't try at the beginning, you will not end up with the break where you want it.) Sigil works a little faster when you have a bunch of smaller files when you are editing and if you do a search and replace you can confine it to each file, instead of one gigantic file.

For example, if this were the beginning of your next chapter, you would put the cursor at the period above. If you have gigantic chapters like a book I am working on now, you might want to break in the middle of the chapter to keep it from being too big. The reader will display it as one page without skipping a beat.

07-12-2012, 01:39 PM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	If you have only one htm file you will cause your epub to fail in some readers. In the reader it will show as having only one page and it may cause a reset when it is accessed. You don't have to have one for each chapter, more one for every 250k of text for it to work. However, it can be easier on you as you are editing to put in a chapter break at the end of each chapter. (Don't try at the beginning, you will not end up with the break where you want it.) Sigil works a little faster when you have a bunch of smaller files when you are editing and if you do a search and replace you can confine it to each file, instead of one gigantic file. For example, if this were the beginning of your next chapter, you would put the cursor at the period above. If you have gigantic chapters like a book I am working on now, you might want to break in the middle of the chapter to keep it from being too big. The reader will display it as one page without skipping a beat.