Adding landmarks to your EPUB 3 Nav Document

The landmarks nav makes it easy for reading systems to find the major sections of your EPUB. In particular, it's helpful to identify the cover image, table of contents, and the beginning of the main reading content.

To add a landmarks nav, open your nav document and add a new <nav> element with epub:type="landmarks", like this:

    <nav epub:type="landmarks" hidden="">
        <ol>
            <li><a epub:type="cover" href="cover.xhtml">Cover</a></li>
            <li><a epub:type="titlepage" href="copyright.xhtml#title">Title Page</a></li>
            <li><a epub:type="toc" href="toc.xhtml#TOC">Table of Contents</a></li>
            <li><a epub:type="bodymatter" href="chapter1.xhtml">Start of Content</a></li>
        </ol>
    </nav>

We recommend adding the "cover," "toc," and "bodymatter" locations to your landmarks nav.

The EPUB 3 spec mentions the following epub:type values to consider for your landmarks nav:

• cover – the book cover(s), jacket information, etc.
• toc – table of contents
• bodymatter – First "real" page of content (e.g. "Chapter 1")
• title-page – page with possibly title, author, publisher, and other metadata
• frontmatter
• backmatter
• loi – list of illustrations
• lot – list of tables
• preface
• bibliography
• index – back-of-book style index
• glossary
• acknowledgments