Today I’ve published A Stage For Traitors on Smashwords, and I must say that Meatgrinder is THE most awesome friend. The conversions worked perfectly from the get go. The epub looks beautiful, and tonight I won’t be dreaming anymore annoying insects, which I cannot stomp or get rid of. I always dream insects when small problems claws at my subconscious.

A toc allows the reader to more easily jump to his favorite sections/chapters of the book. So it does have its uses. Making a toc is not hard. You just add a different bookmark to your proper chapters, naming them something like a0, a1, a2, a3, et all. Then you go to the toc, highlight the chapters of the toc, right click, choose hyperlink, click the bookmark tab and select the appropriate marks (a0, a1, a2, etc). Next, highlight the Table of Contents line and add its own bookmark, and make sure to label it as ref_toc Afterwards, go back to your proper chapters and right click on the them, select hyperlink, select the bookmark tab, and choose the ref_toc. That way people can jump from inside the book back to the toc and vice-versa. The Table of Contents doesn’t required its own hyperlink. The Smashwords Style Guide says that Meatgrinder will detect the ref_toc and automatically use that for NCX. I’m publishing A Stage For Traitors on the morrow, after I’ve went to the market to buy some blood oranges. Thus, I’m hoping for a smooth upload ride, without any errors, or serious ones at least. This night I’m staying up late to draw the map and the coat of arms.

I am definitely back Rosalie. And I have to say that getting all of my ebooks approved by Smashwords went without a hitch. After getting my books approved, I even updated all my ebooks on KDP to ensure they were just as good!