Table of contents doesn't show up in Kindle Previewer

Klip · 04-05-2019, 05:19 AM

I'm creating an ebook in Sigil, and then converting it to Kindle format using the Kindle previewer.

When I view the book in the Kindle Previewer, I cannot access the table of contents from the "view all" menu. Earlier versions of this book, I was able to do that. I think the problem started when I added pages in Sigil.

I've had a look at content.opf and I can't see anything wrong. The TOC is listed in the guide section: <reference type="toc" title="contents" href="Text/contents.xhtml"/>

When I test this book on a Kindle device, I can go to the table of contents using the "go to" menu, and I can jump from chapter to chapter using the next chapter buttons. So the logical toc seems to be working.

It just makes me nervous that this book is displaying differently in the Kindle Viewer, as if there's something wrong with it. Am I being paranoid?

I've attached screenshots of what the book looks like in the Kindle Previewer, the first screenshot shows the book as it is now, where I cannot access the TOC and only one page is shown. The other screenshot shows the book as it used to be, where I can access the TOC from that drop down menu, and the other pages are displayed as well.

Any advice much appreciated.

jhowell · 04-05-2019, 09:24 AM

Your logical TOC is in the bottom half of the far left column in both cases. The real problem is that your original book shows Enhanced Typesetting supported and the new one does not. This is likely due to a problem in the coding of the book. I suggest running EpubCheck on it.

Klip · 04-06-2019, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhowell

Your logical TOC is in the bottom half of the far left column in both cases. The real problem is that your original book shows Enhanced Typesetting supported and the new one does not. This is likely due to a problem in the coding of the book. I suggest running EpubCheck on it.

Thanks for your response. I've run EPUBCHECK on it and that didn't find any problems.

I'm now recreating the book step by step from the last version that worked properly to see if I can find where I went wrong.

Klip · 04-06-2019, 09:32 AM

...and I found the cause of the problem. I had 2 unicode symbols in the text that's not supported by Kindle. I thought I'd removed it, but must have missed that one.

It was U+1F65D and U+1F65F

when I removed them from the book, the problem disappears.

04-05-2019, 05:19 AM	#1
Klip Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	Table of contents doesn't show up in Kindle Previewer I'm creating an ebook in Sigil, and then converting it to Kindle format using the Kindle previewer. When I view the book in the Kindle Previewer, I cannot access the table of contents from the "view all" menu. Earlier versions of this book, I was able to do that. I think the problem started when I added pages in Sigil. I've had a look at content.opf and I can't see anything wrong. The TOC is listed in the guide section: <reference type="toc" title="contents" href="Text/contents.xhtml"/> When I test this book on a Kindle device, I can go to the table of contents using the "go to" menu, and I can jump from chapter to chapter using the next chapter buttons. So the logical toc seems to be working. It just makes me nervous that this book is displaying differently in the Kindle Viewer, as if there's something wrong with it. Am I being paranoid? I've attached screenshots of what the book looks like in the Kindle Previewer, the first screenshot shows the book as it is now, where I cannot access the TOC and only one page is shown. The other screenshot shows the book as it used to be, where I can access the TOC from that drop down menu, and the other pages are displayed as well. Any advice much appreciated. Attached Thumbnails

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04-05-2019, 09:24 AM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,559 Karma: 84810789 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	Your logical TOC is in the bottom half of the far left column in both cases. The real problem is that your original book shows Enhanced Typesetting supported and the new one does not. This is likely due to a problem in the coding of the book. I suggest running EpubCheck on it.

04-06-2019, 09:32 AM	#4
Klip Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle	...and I found the cause of the problem. I had 2 unicode symbols in the text that's not supported by Kindle. I thought I'd removed it, but must have missed that one. It was U+1F65D and U+1F65F when I removed them from the book, the problem disappears.

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