Location name/number on kindle app ipad

lucie · 05-15-2024, 06:54 AM

hey, I'm just testing out my first ebook desgin and all looks good but I noticed when I was going through it on the kindle ipad app, that the location within the book at the footer, states the chapter names (which is great as there are multiple authors) but one of them is running with the previous sensitivy warning and not the chapter name. But I have no clue where I change this.

I used indesign to design most of it, then adjusted a few things in sigil.

Any help you can offer would be really appreciated

jhowell · 05-15-2024, 08:12 AM

It is likely that some text inside the book was incorrectly marked as being a chapter title.

Review the chapter information found in the NCX file for EPUB 2 or the NAV document for EPUB 3.

lucie · 05-15-2024, 08:20 AM

all chapters are set up correctly, thats why im so confused with it!

jhowell · 05-15-2024, 09:31 AM

I suggest double checking the chapter titles from within the iOS app using the table of contents icon (three dashed lines) at the upper left.

lucie · 05-15-2024, 10:22 AM

You're right!!!

The first chapter although there, isn't in the automatically generated ToC!

Its showing when in Sigil and inDesign, but not on the kindle?

Why would that be?

jhowell · 05-15-2024, 11:16 AM

Different platforms have their own quirks and limitations. For example Amazon is unhappy if the table of contents does not follow the same order as the content within the book. It is difficult to say what is happening in this case without seeing the actual files involved.

lucie · 05-15-2024, 12:23 PM

So it seems that the issue was that it didn't like the file name (chapter name) that I had used in Sigil for the chapter, it had an amersand in it, and wasn't picking up.

I changed it and now its showing.

jhowell · 05-15-2024, 01:46 PM

I have seen TOC entries being ignored by Amazon when the link to the HTML file is constructed incrrectly.

For example using

Code:

href="this & that.xhtml"

instead of

Code:

href="this &#38; that.xhtml"

.

DNSB · 05-15-2024, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhowell

I have seen TOC entries being ignored by Amazon when the link to the HTML file is constructed incorrectly.

For example using

Code:

href="this & that.xhtml"

instead of

Code:

href="this &#38; that.xhtml"

.

Given that the & is one of the five entities*, & would also be usable.

* By five entities, I'm referring to the &, <, >, ', and " predefined entities in xhtml.

jhowell · 05-15-2024, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Given that the & is one of the five entities*, & would also be usable.

Yes, as expected that also works fine with Amazon. It is a bare ampersand that will result in removal of the TOC entry.

05-15-2024, 06:54 AM	#1
lucie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: none	Location name/number on kindle app ipad hey, I'm just testing out my first ebook desgin and all looks good but I noticed when I was going through it on the kindle ipad app, that the location within the book at the footer, states the chapter names (which is great as there are multiple authors) but one of them is running with the previous sensitivy warning and not the chapter name. But I have no clue where I change this. I used indesign to design most of it, then adjusted a few things in sigil. Any help you can offer would be really appreciated

05-15-2024, 01:46 PM	#8
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,549 Karma: 84810789 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	I have seen TOC entries being ignored by Amazon when the link to the HTML file is constructed incrrectly. For example using Code: href="this & that.xhtml" instead of Code: href="this & that.xhtml" .

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05-15-2024, 08:12 AM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,549 Karma: 84810789 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	It is likely that some text inside the book was incorrectly marked as being a chapter title. Review the chapter information found in the NCX file for EPUB 2 or the NAV document for EPUB 3.

05-15-2024, 08:20 AM	#3
lucie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: none	all chapters are set up correctly, thats why im so confused with it!

05-15-2024, 09:31 AM	#4
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,549 Karma: 84810789 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	I suggest double checking the chapter titles from within the iOS app using the table of contents icon (three dashed lines) at the upper left.

05-15-2024, 10:22 AM	#5
lucie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: none	You're right!!! The first chapter although there, isn't in the automatically generated ToC! Its showing when in Sigil and inDesign, but not on the kindle? Why would that be?

05-15-2024, 11:16 AM	#6
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,549 Karma: 84810789 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	Different platforms have their own quirks and limitations. For example Amazon is unhappy if the table of contents does not follow the same order as the content within the book. It is difficult to say what is happening in this case without seeing the actual files involved.

05-15-2024, 12:23 PM	#7
lucie Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: none	So it seems that the issue was that it didn't like the file name (chapter name) that I had used in Sigil for the chapter, it had an amersand in it, and wasn't picking up. I changed it and now its showing.