Sigil & KindlePreviewer

crutledge · 03-02-2014, 01:08 PM

I think that this is the place to ask this question.

I know of two methods to define the Kindle "Beginning."

1. If the firsr entry in the in-line toc is an image, that will be marked as the Beginning.

2. If there is no image in the in-line toc. the below method works.

Code:

<reference href="Text/The%20Romantic%20Adventures%20of%20a%20Milkmaid_0003.html" title="Beginning" type="text" />

When the above methjod is used, the "Beginning" appears twice in the Previewer GOTO menu.

The question is: are there other, possibly better, methods?

Doitsu · 03-02-2014, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crutledge

When the above methjod is used, the "Beginning" appears twice in the Previewer GOTO menu.

Kindle apps and actual Kindles only have one SRL (Start Reading Location), which should be defined as Text in Sigil (via Add Semantics); HTML cover pages (and cover images) should be marked as Cover and HTML TOCs*, if present, as Table of Contents.

If only these three entries are in the Guide section of the .opf, the book should work as designed.

*EDIT: For backwards compatibility with older Kindles Kindle books should have an HTML TOC.

crutledge · 03-02-2014, 03:59 PM

Below is my guide format:

Code:

  <guide>
    <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower.htm" title="Cover" type="cover" />
    <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower_0001.htm" title="Title Page" type="title-page" />
    <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower_0002.htm" title="Table Of Contents" type="toc" />
    <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower_0003.htm" title="Beginning" type="text" />
  </guide>

Attached is an image of the goto menu generated by the guide showing both " Beginning" entries. The second is below the line where un-predefined items are displayed. This makes me wonder if there is a better entry than "text" should be used.

BTW: Both go to the same point in the book.

Doitsu · 03-02-2014, 06:27 PM

AFAIK, "Text" is the preferred type attribute. (It used to be "Start", but, IIRC, the use of this attribute is deprecated.)

If you generated the book from an ePub with Kindle Preview, this is most likely a Kindle Previewer bug. If you generated the Kindle book as usual in Calibre, it might be a Calibre bug. You may want to download Kindle for PC for testing purposes. If the book shows only one working Beginning entry in the Go menu of Kindle for PC, you can ignore this issue. (Kindle devices can only have one Go to Beginning entry anyway no matter how many "Text" attributes you used.)

If not, please answer the following questions:

1. Which Kindle Previewer version did you use?
2. Did you generate the Kindle book with Kindle Previewer or Calibre?
3. What was the version of the tool that you used?

BTW, you can delete the title-page guide item, because it'll be ignored by Kindle Previewer/KindleGen and most ePub readers.

03-02-2014, 01:08 PM	#1
crutledge eBook FANatic Posts: 18,301 Karma: 16078357 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alabama, USA Device: HP ipac RX5915 Wife's Kindle	Sigil & KindlePreviewer I think that this is the place to ask this question. I know of two methods to define the Kindle "Beginning." 1. If the firsr entry in the in-line toc is an image, that will be marked as the Beginning. 2. If there is no image in the in-line toc. the below method works. Code: <reference href="Text/The%20Romantic%20Adventures%20of%20a%20Milkmaid_0003.html" title="Beginning" type="text" /> When the above methjod is used, the "Beginning" appears twice in the Previewer GOTO menu. The question is: are there other, possibly better, methods?

03-02-2014, 03:59 PM	#3
crutledge eBook FANatic Posts: 18,301 Karma: 16078357 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alabama, USA Device: HP ipac RX5915 Wife's Kindle	Native and non-Native Below is my guide format: Code: <guide> <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower.htm" title="Cover" type="cover" /> <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower_0001.htm" title="Title Page" type="title-page" /> <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower_0002.htm" title="Table Of Contents" type="toc" /> <reference href="Text/Two%20on%20a%20Tower_0003.htm" title="Beginning" type="text" /> </guide> Attached is an image of the goto menu generated by the guide showing both " Beginning" entries. The second is below the line where un-predefined items are displayed. This makes me wonder if there is a better entry than "text" should be used. BTW: Both go to the same point in the book. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by crutledge; 03-02-2014 at 04:02 PM.

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03-02-2014, 06:27 PM	#4
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,680 Karma: 23983815 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	AFAIK, "Text" is the preferred type attribute. (It used to be "Start", but, IIRC, the use of this attribute is deprecated.) If you generated the book from an ePub with Kindle Preview, this is most likely a Kindle Previewer bug. If you generated the Kindle book as usual in Calibre, it might be a Calibre bug. You may want to download Kindle for PC for testing purposes. If the book shows only one working Beginning entry in the Go menu of Kindle for PC, you can ignore this issue. (Kindle devices can only have one Go to Beginning entry anyway no matter how many "Text" attributes you used.) If not, please answer the following questions: 1. Which Kindle Previewer version did you use? 2. Did you generate the Kindle book with Kindle Previewer or Calibre? 3. What was the version of the tool that you used? BTW, you can delete the title-page guide item, because it'll be ignored by Kindle Previewer/KindleGen and most ePub readers.

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