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I do like a HTML TOC as the start of my book. Especially a nice TOC, which doesn't only show numbers, but actual chapter titles. It wets the appetite, so to speak. |
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My biggest beef with TOC for fiction is that it can contain spoilers if it has titles for the chapters. I'd rather not see those at all if I'm starting a new book.
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And a TOC at the end of the book, I've never understood. Just leave it out completely then... |
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Eg, from Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit": Quote:
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Reading a teaser just for the chapter you're about to start isn't too bad, especially in those books that were originally serialized potboilers. Seeing all of the teasers for the book pretty much tells you the whole story, removing most of the suspense. Since there are only so many stories to tell, it's not hard to fill in the holes. With a paper book, it's easy to skip past the table of contents. With NCX navigation, I just don't press the menu button and I'm safe. But if I have to page over the table of contents, I'm in danger of finding out the whole story before I start reading. I'm generally a slow reader, but I'm inexplicably a speed-reader when I see a page with stuff I don't want to read yet. Anyway, I don't expect to change anyone's mind on this; I just wanted to vent about it. Damn you, Amazon! Damn you all to hell!
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MURG POSTS AN ATTEMPTED HUMOUROUS REPLY. DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A POINT. RAMBLES A BIT. USES ALL CAPS. HE'S NOT REALLY SURE WHY. PADS THE POST WITH EXTRANOUS SENTENCES.
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