XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: morrisj@epsilon3.me   
      
   On 4/15/2025 11:10 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > Depends on how it is organized.   
   >   
   > If it has a TOC listing each book at the front, and each book has a   
   > link at the end (or the start of the next book) back to the TOC, then   
   > it might be useable. I might even skip the "list the titles and check   
   > them off" route in that case.   
   >   
   > But if it has a TOC listing each and every chapter in each and every   
   > book, then it is likely to be much harder to use. A list of the titles   
   > of the actual books might be very helpful so one at least has some   
   > idea of what it contains.   
   >   
   > But if the TOC is clearly a merger of several TOCs with duplicate   
   > copies of some books, or if it has no TOC at all, or a TOC that has no   
   > links back to it, then things can get very dicey [1].   
   >   
   > I suppose, worse came to worse, one could go through it   
   > screen-by-screen and Bookmark the start of each book. I haven't had to   
   > do that yet, but who can say what the future holds?   
   >   
   > [1] Thus, my Dumas omnibus turned out to have not only two copies of   
   > /The Man in the Iron Mask/ but also an essay of the same title   
   > presenting Dumas' theory of who he was (which can be discovered by   
   > reading the novel, BTW/ -- part of a separate collection of essays on   
   > various crimes, some quite interesting, others less so.   
      
   Checked the sample read for the TOC. Major heading is type: The Great   
   Pioneers of SF, The Lost Worlds, The Utopias and Dystopias, Space   
   Adventures and Operas. Under that is author then each book. Each is a   
   link.  So...   
      
   TOC   
     The Great Pioneers of SF   
      Jules Verne   
       Journey to the Center of the Earth   
       Twenty Thousands Leagues under the Sea   
       etc..   
      
   There's a TOC link on each author, book, and chapter page that takes you   
   up one level.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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