access directly the table of contents of cbc converted into epub

[Khawarizmi]

Hi everyone,

I bought a sony reader (PRS 650) few days ago and I use it to read manga with this method:

I convert all the volume into cbz format and then I put them into a cbc file then I convert to the epub format with calibre.

But I have a problem: when I open the epub file into my reader, it takes a very long time to open because there is thousand of pages (for example with the manga One Piece, for 50 volumes there is +6000 pages).

So when I open the epub "One Piece" for example, I want him to go directly to the "table of contents" (Volume 01, Volume 02, etc...) and not in the manga.

Is it possible?

thanks.

[KenJackson]

I don't think so. I have a badly formed .epub that takes almost a minute to open. While it was opening, I pressed the OPTIONS key several times to try to select the TOC. It wouldn't.

[elcreative]

First step is to reduce the size of the files... split them up, they are basically too big... things also slow because internally, epubs are split into chunks around 230-60kb to operate efficiently and, each time you cross a chunk boundary, it's like opening a new book internally and, with the size of your files, this puts a noticeable overhead (time lag) into the process...

[Khawarizmi]

Okay.

I chose this method because with it the organization of the mangas in the ebook reader is very simple (You just need to create a collection "Manga" and put into it one file for "One Piece", one file for "Death Note", etc...each file is like a collection that contain the volumes).

Collection Manga:
One Piece
Death Note
etc...

Have you a method to organize like this?

[elcreative]

No, don't read manga on my eReader... point I was making though, is eReaders choke on huge files anyway especially graphic (jpg) heavy ones...