kindlegen epub to mobi - TOC intention level incorrect

vogella · 11-03-2011, 12:25 PM

I have a epub file with three levels of in the table of content. If I convert them to mobi via kindlegen the intention level is correct.

For example the TOC in epub looks like the following:

And the resulting mobi TOC looks like the following

Here is an example epub and example mobi:

http://www.vogella.de/tmp/book.epub

http://www.vogella.de/tmp/book.mobi

Any advice how to make the TOC look good?

ebookineur · 11-03-2011, 08:10 PM

Your toc is using definition list tags dl/dt/dd and the support of those tags in Kindle is known to be deficient and that's not the best tag to use to format a table of content.

The solution would be to rewrite your toc file using other tags, such as may be nested blockquotes.

DiapDealer · 11-03-2011, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebookineur

The solution would be to rewrite your toc file using other tags, such as may be nested blockquotes.

The problem is that <a /> tags inside a <blockquote> won't pass epub validation. This is one of those areas where it's rather hard to maintain a single (valid) epub source that will produce similar visible results when converted to mobi.

vogella · 11-04-2011, 05:02 AM

Thanks for the answers. Seems like their is not a simple solution. I reduced my TOC to two levels and now it seems to be working fine after the conversion.

Maybe this is even a feature, a deeply nestled TOC is maybe not the best for e-reader.

11-03-2011, 12:25 PM	#1
vogella Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	kindlegen epub to mobi - TOC intention level incorrect I have a epub file with three levels of in the table of content. If I convert them to mobi via kindlegen the intention level is correct. For example the TOC in epub looks like the following: And the resulting mobi TOC looks like the following Here is an example epub and example mobi: http://www.vogella.de/tmp/book.epub http://www.vogella.de/tmp/book.mobi Any advice how to make the TOC look good? Last edited by vogella; 11-03-2011 at 12:51 PM.

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11-03-2011, 08:10 PM	#2
ebookineur Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	Your toc is using definition list tags dl/dt/dd and the support of those tags in Kindle is known to be deficient and that's not the best tag to use to format a table of content. The solution would be to rewrite your toc file using other tags, such as may be nested blockquotes.

11-04-2011, 05:02 AM	#4
vogella Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks for the answers. Seems like their is not a simple solution. I reduced my TOC to two levels and now it seems to be working fine after the conversion. Maybe this is even a feature, a deeply nestled TOC is maybe not the best for e-reader.

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