02-19-2011, 02:15 PM | #76 |
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I have to ask. I just re-transfered all of my ebooks on kindle, with the new firmware, to get page numbers. Did I just waste alot of time doing so, or is there a better way in the future?
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02-19-2011, 03:17 PM | #77 |
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That's the only way. But since it's all done you won't have to spend any extra time in the future.
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02-19-2011, 03:53 PM | #78 |
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then I have to ask one more stupid question; is there any advantage (for me) of the "more reliable" page number in the newest version?
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02-19-2011, 03:55 PM | #79 |
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02-19-2011, 06:25 PM | #80 |
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This sounds really great! This is a very important feature in the university environment, as has been noted. Even approximated page count is cool, because when somebody refers me to a page # it is certainly better to be few turns away than trying to calculate the possible position in those huge Amazon numbers
Two things I'd really love to see: 1. As already suggested, giving users the possibility of their own page markup would be great. Especially with extensively used study materials... 2. When converting from a OCRed/original PDF, could Calibre add page breaks (markup) to where it was in the PDF? |
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02-27-2011, 04:20 PM | #81 |
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How do Calibre Page Nos. work with Amazon ones?
I hope this is not too dumb a question: If I import an Amazon-purchased book into Calibre (without DRM), and then move it to my Kindle 3 from Calibre, will the Calibre-generated page numbers overwrite the Amazon ones? Or, stated differently, how do the two systems work together, if at all?
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It's not, It's actually a very good question.
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If you have a book on your Kindle that has page numbers (APNX file) and you use Send to Device for that same book in calibre the APNX file will be replaced with calibre's. Calibre itself does not store APNX files with the book. So any files within calibre you put on the Kindle using Send to Device will never have the Amazon page numbers. I don't foresee a conflict because a user sending a book to their Kindle that is already on their Kindle is slim (especially if it's a purchased DRM protected book that cannot be converted). |
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02-27-2011, 05:23 PM | #83 |
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Thanks for the quick reply. That helps a lot. I now see that books downloaded directly to my Kindle from Amazon have a separate APNX file; but if they're downloaded directly to my computer (or Kindle for PC) they don't. Similarly, a book transferred by Calibre's "Send to Device" ends up with an APNX file on my Kindle, but if I use Windows Explorer, I can just copy the .mobi file from My Calibre Library to my Kindle's Documents folder and, presumably, match up the name with the Amazon APNX file. I'm going to have to experiment a bit!
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03-17-2011, 10:13 PM | #84 |
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Is there a way to add page numbers to the ipad kindle app?
I bought Haldeman's Old Twentieth, which has page numbers. I tried to make an apnx file with the windows app on page 2, and drag it over with the same basename, but nothing changed. There's some kind of mbp file there where you drag the mobi file over. Last edited by tamahome; 03-17-2011 at 10:36 PM. |
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Kindle for PC now has page numbers, and it has an .apnx file for each ebook with page numbers - stored in the same place as the .azw and .mbp files (just like on a Kindle 3). So I think the iPad must use .apnx files too. |
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03-18-2011, 08:55 AM | #86 |
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I'm saying the kindle book I bought show's page numbers fine, but when I try to make my own .mobi file from a free epub file, and try to make an apnx file from the windows app, it doesn't work. How do you convert to azw?
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03-18-2011, 11:37 AM | #88 |
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Can you generate working apnx files for the Kindle pc application?
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03-18-2011, 12:36 PM | #89 |
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Have you made sure you've downloaded the most recent version of the Kindle for iPad application, tamahome? I don't know for certain if the iPad app shows page numbers (though they do show with the latest version of the PC app), but I do know that page numbers won't work on older versions of the app that came out before Amazon introduced the page number feature on the Kindle itself.
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03-18-2011, 12:45 PM | #90 |
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Yes, I have the latest version of ipad kindle. I'm saying that kindle ebooks I buy show the page numbers just fine. It's just that when I convert a book with Calibre, I'm trying to get page numbers to show up.
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