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Help in uploading my ebook
I'm trying to upload my ebook to the Ingram Spark website and have received an error message (see screenshot).
I'm attaching screenshots of the relevant pages where the error occurs. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone help? (Note - I'm new to this, so please be forgiving of my ignorance and use simple language to explain what I need to do. Thanks!) |
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I've moved this thread to the workshop, as that seems to best place.
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Your toc.ncx file references another file, Audaciousness_ebook.html which does not exist in your ePub.
I no longer remember details of what files are required in different versions of ePub. But having links to non-existent files will certainly be a problem. |
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Okay, that makes sense. That file was the original one I imported to Sigil before I used Split at Cursor to create the different chapters. Does that mean, instead of <content src="Audaciousness_ebook.xhtml" /> on the toc.ncx, I need to enter the name of every chapter individually?
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There should a command in Sigil, Tools - EPUB3 Tools - Generate NCX... Try it first.
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Incidentally, there's nothing I can do about it now (and it's not a major issue), but when reading the file on my (older) Kindle, the Table of Contents is greyed out. I searched all over different online forums trying to find out what was causing that and I couldn't find a solution. Does anyone know which command (and on which page) would have enabled the toc in the navigation menu? |
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You need an epub2 TOC, the NCX, and upload to KDP and Publish and then download retail.
Or convert in Calibre to azw3 after making sure there is an epub2 ncx. The Send to Kindle isn't the same as KDP convert. The Kindle Preview is not very useful for compatibility. |
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Did you convert the .epub file with Calibre to MOBI, AZW3 or KFX or did you use Send to Kindle? Quote:
The landmarks section in the NAV document (toc.xhtml): Code:
<nav epub:type="landmarks" id="landmarks" hidden=""> <h2>Landmarks</h2> <ol> <li> <a epub:type="toc" href="toc.xhtml">Table of Contents</a> </li> </ol> </nav> Code:
<guide>
<reference type="toc" title="Table of Contents" href="toc.xhtml"/>
</guide>
However, since Kindle Previewer is good enough for testing whether the toc menu option will be greyed out on Kindle devices, the OP might want to download and install it. Last edited by Doitsu; 04-26-2023 at 07:05 AM. |
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I have a Kindle 4 (4th generation)
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No, it's not on Linux. Won't work on WINE for me either.
I test on 3 models of Kindle and convert the files using Calibre. We only purchase the published Kindle versions if a new style/format is being used. |
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Thanks for this. I created the file on Sigil and tested it on 2 different Kindle models, plus Thorium, before I uploaded it to Amazon. Is there an extra benefit to converting it using Calibre or would you say what I did was sufficient?
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Why on earth does Amazon not provide download after upload to KDP of each of their formats before you publish? They seem inept. Also they have "broken" the "Look Inside" preview in terms of formatting, it seems to be just an HTML eternal scroll. Smashwords allows the publisher/author to download all format conversions of all versions. Last edited by Quoth; 04-26-2023 at 11:06 AM. |
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And of course, the ePUB or MOBI sideloaded will not show ET. Quote:
Amazon's position is that publishers should upload their ready-to-go files, or live with the files that they, Amazon, process for them. If they upload a Word file, yes, they can still download a zipped HTML file (and then reverse-convert that to Word). Ditto if they upload an ePUB. If they upload a .kpf, that's from KC (or one of the abandoned programs) and Amazon's view is, it can only be previewed o KP3, anyway, so what's to download? So...the only real outlier is the dreaded AZK file for iOS and even that is allegedly going the way of the dodo. [shrug] Hitch |
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