I could easily delete the empty "break" line from each file with a find and replace. That said, I'm happy to do some post-processing. I'm suddenly in the deep end with deadlines mounting. I had experimented with a similar idea, yours is much cleaner - thanks for the tip! I realise this isn't best practice, but I'll keep it in mind as a fall back. It's possible to hack this by defining a style that will only be used to signal page-breaks I thought it might be best to include a page for the table of contents (with active links) to cover both bases.ģ. I am under the impression that some readers may have their ToC display switched off, and/or some devices don't show them by default. Do you plan to include an xhtml page laying out the contents as well? It's hard to know, as I haven't been able to set up the reporting ticket system to get their rejection notifications, I'm trying to decipher the very minimal rejection notices I can obtain.Ģ. However, iBookstore may have been looking at content, not front-matter. Secondly, iBookstore were rejecting some books I submitted as they did not include 'all subsections' in the ToC. But as this is an instructional manual, perhaps its not the right model for a novel? Firstly I'm using the ToC in Liz Castro's 'EPUB Straight to the Point' as a guide. I was basing the idea on a few things, lack of knowledge being one. Do you really want to burden down your ToC with all those entries? This would also allow you to fix some other undesirable aspects, such as the way InDesign specifies paragraph margins and text indents in pixels.Ĭharleski, thanks very much for the detailed reply! Yes, my post in the other thread was the long-winded version of what I have reposted (I feared I was waffling, as I'm prone to do).ġ. If you really want the best results, there's still no alternative to learning xhtml and css (which is incredibly easy and you can do in a day), then modifying the exported ePub in Sigil. But right now this is the only way to achieve what you want without post-processing the epub file. This produces what you want, but frankly I do NOT regard it as good practice - you're having to insert empty paragraphs which serve no purpose other than to get around the restrictions of InDesign. I've attached some files that show this in practice. It's possible to hack this by defining a style that will only be used to signal page-breaks, then insert an empty paragraph with this style just before your Section and Chapter headings. You can, at least, now force page-breaks on an arbitrary paragraph style, but you can only chose one. InDesign is still a bit poor as an ePub generator for many reasons, even in CS5.5 (I used to be a fan, but then became thoroughly disillusioned). A simple list of chapters is wasted space. A contents page is largely irrelevant for ePubs unless you lay it out well, adding some stylistic flourish or extra information to complement the chapter headings. Do you plan to include an xhtml page laying out the contents as well? Remember that ePub does not require this. I see you include an entry for 'Contents'. Furthermore, since they're clustered at the start of the book they're easy to find is a reader should want to look at the dedication again. Entries for those just get in the way of the entries that serve the reader's purpose. I assume this gives a bit more info on what you're trying to do.įirstly, do you really want to burden down your ToC with all those entries? Cover, title, copyright and dedication are pages that the reader will pass through as they open the book and page to the text.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |