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Endnote links in multiple chapters from an InDesign book file for EPUB 3.0

Explorer ,
Aug 10, 2022 Aug 10, 2022

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Help! I'm ready to chuck my computer out the window!

I have a multi-chapter book created in a InDesign and many of the chapters have endnotes. Kindle requires endnotes (or footnotes) to be bi-directional links. These work fine in the first chapter, but subsequent chapters the links are broken. 

When I use eCanCrusher to open the xhtml files, I can see the backlink from the actual endnotes have an empty href. Why? How do I fix this without manually typing in every single link for the remaining 67 chapters?!? TIA.

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Community Expert , Aug 29, 2022 Aug 29, 2022

Hi @Adrienne Grace ,

you linked to a feature request.

However, what we can see with the EPUB export from a book file with endnotes is indeed a bug.

So I would do a bug report in category ePub/HTML/Publish Online:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs?category_id=209104

 

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Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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Explorer ,
Aug 29, 2022 Aug 29, 2022

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Follow up to my original post. I did a screen share session with an Adobe Tech Support person and only after nudging them did they even get back to me. The response:

 

"We have shared the issue with the product team for further investigation.
Currently, we do not have a workaround for this issue other than creating a single document instead of book or manually modifying backlink in the exported EPUB file."

 

I replied requesting this feature request be worked on and it was requested back in 2020, so you can up-vote it here and add your comments: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/40385497-al... 

 

Was really hoping for better news. 😞

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Aug 29, 2022 Aug 29, 2022

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Yes, as noted, end notes have a number of issues in ID, and have never really been properly integrated with Book structure.

 

Both end notes and footnotes need improvement for EPUB export as well.

 


╟ Word & InDesign to Kindle & EPUB: a Guide to Pro Results (Amazon) ╢

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Hi @Adrienne Grace ,

you linked to a feature request.

However, what we can see with the EPUB export from a book file with endnotes is indeed a bug.

So I would do a bug report in category ePub/HTML/Publish Online:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs?category_id=209104

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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Explorer ,
Aug 29, 2022 Aug 29, 2022

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The feature request link suggested by the Suport Tech, but you've got an excellent point, Uwe — it IS a bug! I'll create a ticket and, if it's something people can vote on, I'll put the link here.

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Sep 01, 2022 Sep 01, 2022

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I created a bug ticket (thank you @Laubender for the suggestion). Please upvote it! https://bit.ly/3CQOsJm 

 

Thanks again everyone for all the testing, ideas, and suggestions. Love having the brains and experience of so many here to help wade through issues, even if there wasn't an immediate resolution.

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Sep 01, 2022 Sep 01, 2022

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Thanks, Adrienne!

Commented and voted there.

 

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Uwe Laubender
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