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What controls the first page that appears when you open an ebook in an ereader; the starting position, specifically on a Kindle 3?

I create/convert my ebooks using Sigil and do a final conversion to mobi using Calibre for use on my Kindle 3. Until fairly recently, the first page/section displayed would be the first html file after the cover. However, my ebooks have started opening at some other page, two or three pages further on than I want. It seems to correspond with the first heading/first nav point in the ebook. I haven't changed my normal procedure and I'm not aware of any flags or switches to tell which page is the initial or first page. Several people told me to try and define the page as text or preface using semantics in Sigil but those don't seem to make any difference at all in relation to which page displays when I first open an ebook or select Go To, Beginning from the menu.

Earlier today I was trying to narrow the problem down a little further and I decided to go and try some of my older mobis that I know used to open right where I wanted them to. I figured I might be able to narrow the problem down to when I switched to a certain new version of Sigil or Calibre and that might help me clear things up. Guess what? All of my old files that used to work just the way I wanted them to now do the same thing as my newer ones. They open to the heading/first nav point in the ebook. It's really starting to look to me like my Kindle is the issue and not Sigil or Calibre. It seems as if something changed on a recent firmware update that is causing this but I have no idea what or how to correct it.

Is anyone aware of something I could do to insure where an ebook starts the first time it's opened? Is there anyway to define the beginning or starting point of an ebook?

The whole problem is very strange and any help or insight anyone might be able to provide would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

- Byron