08-12-2012, 10:16 AM | #1 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,775
Karma: 2694823
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Touch, Glo, Clara HD
|
Kobo (touch?) page numbers per chapter
I'm wondering whether reading a book and not knowing how many pages it has in total annoys more people. This kobo thing where they show you're on page 27 of 32 of chapter 4 is completely incomprehensible to me! In this example, I know I'm almost done with chapter 4, but I have no way of knowing how many other chapters I have left before the book ends (because you know, I don't know the TOC of each book by heart). I much prefer it say page 146 of 387, so I know what's up ahead.
Can anyone explain why kobo decided to show page numbers per chapter? Does anyone enjoy seeing pages per chapter (and if so, why)? For any book I buy from Kobo, I have to download the epub version to get rid of the weird pages-per-chapters concept... which is a shame, because that means I can't sync the book (and my bookmarks) between my devices |
08-12-2012, 10:42 AM | #2 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,454
Karma: 5469320
Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: Kobo
|
Personal preferences and others would be equally upset if you changed it to the other way now. Some people like to know there is only 3 pages left in a chapter so they will finish it before they stop reading vs 10 left so they might as well just stop now.
I think (and I might be wrong) that part of the answer is the way a kepub is put together. IIRC each chapter in a kepub is a separate file. In order to figure out pages/book it would have to go through each of these every time you opened the book or changed font or font size which would slow things down. Most epubs are one file so this is a more straight forward thing. Not sure the whole rationale behind the kepub structure but it likely has to do with the processing involved to make sync between devices work (a lot easier if you are looking for word 234 in a given chapter than finding word 3245 in a whole book). |
Advert | |
|
08-12-2012, 10:51 AM | #3 | |
No Comment
Posts: 3,240
Karma: 23878043
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo: Not just an eReader, it's an adventure!
|
Quote:
I don't think that it unencrypts the entire book at any one point, I think everything happens on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Of course, I have no wat of knowing if this is true or not. |
|
08-13-2012, 03:49 AM | #4 |
Trying for calm & polite
Posts: 4,012
Karma: 9455193
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mostly in Canada
Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura
|
If you import a drm free kepub into the Kobo App on Android, the imported book has the same numbering scheme we see on kepub books. It seems to be the rendering engine rather than the book files themselves that determine the numbering.
On the Touch, if you invoke the bottom menu, you can see/estimate how far into the book you are. You can also see % read when you put the book to sleep. It's not the same as a paper book, but knowing how much more I have to go in a chapter really works for me. |
08-13-2012, 05:16 AM | #5 | |||
Wizard
Posts: 1,775
Karma: 2694823
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Touch, Glo, Clara HD
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
I suppose the best option would be to display both pages per chapter and pages per total... For instance have one in the bottom of the book, and the other somewhere in the bottom menu, and then make it user definable which goes where to please everyone (wooo, pleasing everyone! Just imagine!) |
|||
Advert | |
|
08-13-2012, 07:34 AM | #6 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,209
Karma: 64074939
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
|
Quote:
|
|
08-14-2012, 03:44 AM | #7 |
Member
Posts: 12
Karma: 216
Join Date: Jul 2012
Device: Kobo Touch
|
I personally like the page numbers per chapter. From what I saw each chapter is contained in one file inside the kepup and it takes some time to compute the number of pages (screen turns) in a chapter. You can see this by changing the font size and you'll notice it takes a while to recfresh the numbering so I assume they did it pe chapter in order to shorten the time it takes to compute the number of pages. In order to know where you are inside the book you have the percentage although this may not be enough for some people. I think it's just a matter of preference.
|
09-10-2012, 11:11 PM | #8 |
Kobo Touch Newbie
Posts: 2
Karma: 23824
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Device: Kobo Touch
|
I too, loved the numbers just for the chapter but have just recently discovered a major problem with this... I purchased a pathophysiology text from Kobo and cannot reference the actual page number in my assignments!!! Loving my kobo but tearing my hear out over a simple thing.....
|
09-11-2012, 04:57 PM | #9 | |
Wizard
Posts: 1,775
Karma: 2694823
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Netherlands
Device: Kobo Touch, Glo, Clara HD
|
Quote:
|
|
09-12-2012, 05:40 AM | #10 | |
Trying for calm & polite
Posts: 4,012
Karma: 9455193
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mostly in Canada
Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura
|
Quote:
There is not yet wide agreement on how to reference ebooks. Here is a post about the APA guidelines for citations of this sort: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/20...an-e-book.html. MLA guidelines: http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_an_ebook |
|
09-12-2012, 05:07 PM | #11 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,454
Karma: 5469320
Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: Kobo
|
|
09-12-2012, 06:03 PM | #12 |
Trying for calm & polite
Posts: 4,012
Karma: 9455193
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Mostly in Canada
Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura
|
Robko, you're right--my mistake.
v |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Page numbers on the Kindle Touch | ruddell | Amazon Kindle | 25 | 09-14-2016 08:21 AM |
Kobo Touch - Contrast, Page numbers & Responsiveness | blizeH | Kobo Reader | 7 | 08-10-2012 04:36 AM |
Possible Issues with Kindle Touch Page numbers and covers | wastelander | Amazon Kindle | 1 | 07-27-2012 01:19 PM |
Page numbers not functional on Kindle Touch | kindleuser | Amazon Kindle | 26 | 01-04-2012 03:35 PM |
Touch & Page Numbers | 93terp | Amazon Kindle | 12 | 11-21-2011 05:53 PM |