epub converted to mobi won't start in right place - Page 4

AThirstyMind · 08-19-2016, 10:49 AM

Hmm, I just looked at the Look Inside feature at Amazon for several of my clients' new books, and all of them begin with the cover, the front matter (all of it which is a little different than the feature used to do) then the first chapter. The feature bypasses all the guide tags of course, as it should. It is 'Look Inside' after all. I don't style these pages any differently than I ever have before. So this is the new 'Look Inside' feature? I like it. I don't know why you're not seeing the cover though. It does flicker around a bit, but comes right back to the cover before going on to the rest of your sample.

Notjohn · 08-20-2016, 06:45 AM

Interesting. A couple days ago I saw this effect in every book I looked at. Now it's mostly mine. It seems to be an artifact of epub, sigh. I hate the notion of creating separate e-books for Amazon and for the other e-tailers.

Hang on! All but one have reverted to old style, Open At Cover. How about that?

08-20-2016, 06:45 AM	#47
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,515 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Interesting. A couple days ago I saw this effect in every book I looked at. Now it's mostly mine. It seems to be an artifact of epub, sigh. I hate the notion of creating separate e-books for Amazon and for the other e-tailers. Hang on! All but one have reverted to old style, Open At Cover. How about that? Last edited by Notjohn; 08-20-2016 at 06:51 AM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Kindle Fire won't read my converted .MOBI files	oldskoolboarder	Devices	8	10-14-2018 01:03 PM
Converted .epub to .mobi, getting double bullets?	davidmiles98	Conversion	9	04-26-2015 06:07 PM
Converted .amz to .epub, but text won't respond to margin or spacing changes	FunkyOne	Conversion	0	03-17-2012 10:25 AM
ePub to Mobi, table is converted properly	ebookuser	Conversion	1	05-10-2011 03:45 AM
encoding problem with mobi converted to epub	ldolse	Calibre	5	08-14-2009 12:55 PM

08-19-2016, 10:49 AM	#46
AThirstyMind A Thirsty Mind Posts: 92 Karma: 2546 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lubec, Maine Device: Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone	Hmm, I just looked at the Look Inside feature at Amazon for several of my clients' new books, and all of them begin with the cover, the front matter (all of it which is a little different than the feature used to do) then the first chapter. The feature bypasses all the guide tags of course, as it should. It is 'Look Inside' after all. I don't style these pages any differently than I ever have before. So this is the new 'Look Inside' feature? I like it. I don't know why you're not seeing the cover though. It does flicker around a bit, but comes right back to the cover before going on to the rest of your sample.

Advert