Why Chapter 1 contains entire book when exporting to ePub?

I have tried on numerous occasions to export an InDesign book to an ePub and on every attempt, the box exports OK except....Chapter 1 ends up including the entire 30 chapters of the book. That (190+pg) chapter is followed by the other 29 chapters in logical order. The book ends up being a perfectly configured ePub except Chapter 1 contains the entire book. (@ 595 pages)!!
I have checked all of the individual chapters to insure they only contain the required pages and all, INCLUDING Chaper 1 (15 pages) appears to be fine.
What am I doing wrong?
Is there some way to edit (remove) the other 29 chapters in Chapter 1?

First, you should tell us what version of InDesign you're using. There are significant differences between InDesign CS4 and CS5. (If you're using earlier than CS4, then choices will be even more limited.)
There are two ways to have a book break into chapters, as I understand it (keep in mind I'm just learning to create eBooks):
(1) Both CS4 and CS5, support having a book broken into chapters if you've defined a Table of Contents Style in one of the chapters of your book, and select that chapter as the Style Source document in the book. Then when you choose Export Book to EPUB, in the Digital Editions Export Options, you must CHECK "Include InDesign TOC Entries" and select the TOC Style you've created.
(2) In CS5, you also have the option to specify breaking into chapters based on First Level Entries in the TOC if you check "Use First Level Entries as Chapter Breaks"

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