How do you make TOC visible from Kindle Pull Down Menu

Julius Caesar · 08-26-2013, 09:43 PM

Some of my books have improperly configured TOC. Normally, when you tap the top of the screen and tap Go To, the whole TOC would show up and it would show you which chapter you are currently reading. This is not true with some of my books.

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How do I modify my book so that TOC would be visible from Kindle Go To menu?

There must be a way to make TOC shows up like the picture on the left but how do you do it?

susan_cassidy · 08-27-2013, 12:27 AM

It's in how the book was built to begin with. Nothing you can do without unpacking the book and redoing the TOC entry, if one exists, or creating a TOC and TOC entry.

Julius Caesar · 08-27-2013, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

It's in how the book was built to begin with. Nothing you can do without unpacking the book and redoing the TOC entry, if one exists, or creating a TOC and TOC entry.

I already unpacked or exploded the book with Calibre. What change do I need to make to the html files so that the TOC would be properly configured?

crich70 · 08-27-2013, 09:52 AM

One thing you might try with the book is to 1st convert it to epub then load it to Sigil and go to the tools>Table of Contents>Create HTML Table of Contents option. Then once you have created the TOC and saved the file reload it to Calibre and reconvert to Kindle format. Of course that only works if it's a DRM free book that will convert to epub in the 1st place.

08-26-2013, 09:43 PM	#1
Julius Caesar Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1510042 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	How do you make TOC visible from Kindle Pull Down Menu Some of my books have improperly configured TOC. Normally, when you tap the top of the screen and tap Go To, the whole TOC would show up and it would show you which chapter you are currently reading. This is not true with some of my books. Please see attachments. How do I modify my book so that TOC would be visible from Kindle Go To menu? There must be a way to make TOC shows up like the picture on the left but how do you do it? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Julius Caesar; 08-26-2013 at 10:07 PM.

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08-27-2013, 12:27 AM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	It's in how the book was built to begin with. Nothing you can do without unpacking the book and redoing the TOC entry, if one exists, or creating a TOC and TOC entry.

08-27-2013, 09:52 AM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	One thing you might try with the book is to 1st convert it to epub then load it to Sigil and go to the tools>Table of Contents>Create HTML Table of Contents option. Then once you have created the TOC and saved the file reload it to Calibre and reconvert to Kindle format. Of course that only works if it's a DRM free book that will convert to epub in the 1st place.

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