Kindle TOC Problem and Smashwords

JasonG · 12-04-2011, 08:55 PM

Hello
Appreciate the help ahead. I am new here and to online publishing.

Basically I created my ebook in word 2010. I am using smashwords for conversion and distribution. All outputs look fine EXCEPT for Kindle.

my table of contents are by section. In the beginning I wrote it as

Sections

1 Forward
2 Introduction

I did NOT hyperlink these.

Now this converted over to the kindle fine. But above my TOC, smashwords meatgringer put a clickable table of contents above it. Not only do I have 2 TOC, but the one smashwords made just says Section 1, Section 2, etc etc

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks!
Jason

AThirstyMind · 12-12-2011, 01:18 AM

I believe if you want to have a decent TOC in a Smashwords doc (you are uploading a Word.doc and not a .docx aren't you?) you must use bookmarks (for your chapters) and hyperlink your TOC entires back to these chapters. If you don't use the bookmark/hyperlink process, the meatgrinder isn't going to be very good to you. If you actually label your TOC entries "Chapter ***", then the meatgrinder will pick up these headings automatically (they say) but I wouldn't trust them. Whatever you want in your TOC, use bookmark/hyperlink. Also if you want to link "back" from your Chapters to the TOC, be sure and bookmark the TOC heading with the name ref_TOC. Smash will be confused and will add the heading to your TOC as another entry if you don't.

You have downloaded Mark Coker's Smashwords Guide, haven't you. And he and his team are very prompt at answering questions.

12-04-2011, 08:55 PM	#1
JasonG Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: iPad	Kindle TOC Problem and Smashwords Hello Appreciate the help ahead. I am new here and to online publishing. Basically I created my ebook in word 2010. I am using smashwords for conversion and distribution. All outputs look fine EXCEPT for Kindle. my table of contents are by section. In the beginning I wrote it as Sections 1 Forward 2 Introduction I did NOT hyperlink these. Now this converted over to the kindle fine. But above my TOC, smashwords meatgringer put a clickable table of contents above it. Not only do I have 2 TOC, but the one smashwords made just says Section 1, Section 2, etc etc Any thoughts on this? Thanks! Jason

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12-12-2011, 01:18 AM	#2
AThirstyMind A Thirsty Mind Posts: 92 Karma: 2546 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lubec, Maine Device: Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone	I believe if you want to have a decent TOC in a Smashwords doc (you are uploading a Word.doc and not a .docx aren't you?) you must use bookmarks (for your chapters) and hyperlink your TOC entires back to these chapters. If you don't use the bookmark/hyperlink process, the meatgrinder isn't going to be very good to you. If you actually label your TOC entries "Chapter ***", then the meatgrinder will pick up these headings automatically (they say) but I wouldn't trust them. Whatever you want in your TOC, use bookmark/hyperlink. Also if you want to link "back" from your Chapters to the TOC, be sure and bookmark the TOC heading with the name ref_TOC. Smash will be confused and will add the heading to your TOC as another entry if you don't. You have downloaded Mark Coker's Smashwords Guide, haven't you. And he and his team are very prompt at answering questions.

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