Never Ending Story Bug

carandol · 02-24-2008, 07:03 AM

Does anyone else have a problem with the Mobipocket viewer on the iLiad underestimating the page count? I was having one of those lazy Sunday morning lie-ins (lies-in?), and thought I had plenty of time to finish Robert Silverberg's "Valentine Pontifex", which was getting very exciting. The iLiad claimed there were 518 pages. But it was starting to look like the book was going to finish in something of a rush, and when I turned to page 518, a page 519 appeared behind it. I turned to page 519 and page 520 appeared. I finished the chapter, and there was a whole other chapter; in fact there were actually 532 pages!

I was late getting up.

montsnmags · 02-24-2008, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by carandol

Does anyone else have a problem with the Mobipocket viewer on the iLiad underestimating the page count?

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Yes, I have had that happen. It occurred after a dictionary lookup which became more in depth than expected (doing a dictionary lookup from a dictionary lookup, and so on), but this could be unrelated. Leaving the book and coming back put the page count back where it should have been.

Saying this, when you said you have a "Never Ending Story bug" I assumed you had reached the end of Michael Ende's book, and had been shocked by his blatant false advertising.

Cheers,
Marc

tribble · 02-24-2008, 08:11 AM

I had this happen aswell. About 30 pages revealed themselves on a book i was reading. One by one. That was really weird.

watcha · 02-24-2008, 12:43 PM

Page numbers seem to vary depending (and naturally I suppose) on the size of type chosen.
I like the larger print, so page numbers go up. I have also found that should I flip back a page or two the sentences at page bottom can be different to where they were previously (if that makes any sense). Obviously something to do with text flow - I'm not one of the iLiad inner wizards and I'm sure someone will have the real technical answer.

carandol · 02-24-2008, 01:22 PM

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem! It's definitely a bug, though, not just an unavoidable consequence of changing text sizes, because I've been reading ebooks for about 7 years using Mobipocket, first on a Psion Revo, then a couple of Palms, and I've never had that problem before.

TallMomof2 · 02-27-2008, 02:11 PM

It's happened on every mobi file I've read on the Iliad.

JSWolf · 02-27-2008, 02:12 PM

There also seems to be a similar bug with the Kindle.

Fellball · 02-28-2008, 02:49 AM

Sometimes there is the same bug on the PDA-Version (5.3).
I see it last night. The File is an own scan converted with Mobipocket Creator.

Shaggy · 03-03-2008, 10:19 AM

I'm pretty sure it's a Mobipocket bug in general, not something specific to the iLiad (probably somewhere in the Mobipocket SDK that they supply). I've seen people mention that the same issue gets talked about on the mobipocket forums.

cen · 03-03-2008, 10:27 AM

Yep, I've had this happen, as montsnmags mentioned, when looking up words in the dictionary. Which seems to have two effects when you go back to the book. 1) The current page number changes 2) It does not give a correct total number of pages.

rai · 04-05-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaggy

I'm pretty sure it's a Mobipocket bug in general, not something specific to the iLiad (probably somewhere in the Mobipocket SDK that they supply). I've seen people mention that the same issue gets talked about on the mobipocket forums.

I don't think it's a Mobipocket bug, since the same thing happens to me (every single time!!!) when I read txt files on iLiad.

Shaggy · 04-08-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rai

I don't think it's a Mobipocket bug, since the same thing happens to me (every single time!!!) when I read txt files on iLiad.

I could be wrong, but doesn't the iLiad use the Mobipocket viewer when displaying txt files?

julia · 04-08-2008, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carandol

Does anyone else have a problem with the Mobipocket viewer on the iLiad underestimating the page count? I was having one of those lazy Sunday morning lie-ins (lies-in?), and thought I had plenty of time to finish Robert Silverberg's "Valentine Pontifex", which was getting very exciting. The iLiad claimed there were 518 pages. But it was starting to look like the book was going to finish in something of a rush, and when I turned to page 518, a page 519 appeared behind it. I turned to page 519 and page 520 appeared. I finished the chapter, and there was a whole other chapter; in fact there were actually 532 pages!

I was late getting up.

i have the same problem but the other way around. thinking wow still half way and all of a sudden it was the end.

Shaggy · 04-08-2008, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by julia

i have the same problem but the other way around. thinking wow still half way and all of a sudden it was the end.

Yeah, I've had that happen too recently. I had a Mobipocket book I was reading recently that said it was 120 pages (or something like that). I hit page 50, and it was the last page.

Most of the time though I've seen it under estimate. IE it says the book is 400 pages, when you hit page 400 it says it's now 401 pages, when you hit 401 it says there are 402... etc.

I wonder if it has something to do with the length of the book? What I've noticed so far is that it over estimates on really short books, and under estimates on longer books. I haven't read enough Mobipocket content yet to really know if that behaviour is consistent. Most of what I read are PDFs.

02-24-2008, 07:03 AM	#1
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Never Ending Story Bug Does anyone else have a problem with the Mobipocket viewer on the iLiad underestimating the page count? I was having one of those lazy Sunday morning lie-ins (lies-in?), and thought I had plenty of time to finish Robert Silverberg's "Valentine Pontifex", which was getting very exciting. The iLiad claimed there were 518 pages. But it was starting to look like the book was going to finish in something of a rush, and when I turned to page 518, a page 519 appeared behind it. I turned to page 519 and page 520 appeared. I finished the chapter, and there was a whole other chapter; in fact there were actually 532 pages! I was late getting up.

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tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	I had this happen aswell. About 30 pages revealed themselves on a book i was reading. One by one. That was really weird.

02-24-2008, 12:43 PM	#4
watcha Not so junior! Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Device: iRex Iliad	Page numbers seem to vary depending (and naturally I suppose) on the size of type chosen. I like the larger print, so page numbers go up. I have also found that should I flip back a page or two the sentences at page bottom can be different to where they were previously (if that makes any sense). Obviously something to do with text flow - I'm not one of the iLiad inner wizards and I'm sure someone will have the real technical answer.

02-24-2008, 01:22 PM	#5
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem! It's definitely a bug, though, not just an unavoidable consequence of changing text sizes, because I've been reading ebooks for about 7 years using Mobipocket, first on a Psion Revo, then a couple of Palms, and I've never had that problem before.

02-27-2008, 02:11 PM	#6
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	It's happened on every mobi file I've read on the Iliad.

02-27-2008, 02:12 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,981 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	There also seems to be a similar bug with the Kindle.

02-28-2008, 02:49 AM	#8
Fellball Wizard Posts: 1,430 Karma: 95000 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Germany, near Bingen/Rhein Device: K3,K4,PB360,PB360+,PB701-IQ und noch diverse andere Lesegeräte....	Sometimes there is the same bug on the PDA-Version (5.3). I see it last night. The File is an own scan converted with Mobipocket Creator.

03-03-2008, 10:19 AM	#9
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	I'm pretty sure it's a Mobipocket bug in general, not something specific to the iLiad (probably somewhere in the Mobipocket SDK that they supply). I've seen people mention that the same issue gets talked about on the mobipocket forums.

03-03-2008, 10:27 AM	#10
cen Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 140 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: iRex iLiad (v1) / Sony Librie	Yep, I've had this happen, as montsnmags mentioned, when looking up words in the dictionary. Which seems to have two effects when you go back to the book. 1) The current page number changes 2) It does not give a correct total number of pages.

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