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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I've been looking at the pictures
At this point in time I have this image of the Aura HD:
1. Book stats (reading time per chapter/book) doesn't work on side-loaded EPUB nor KEPUB.
2. Uploading the page number calculated by Count Pages is not possible.
3. The Aura HD displays less lines per screen, but some more text per line compared to the Kindle PW2; there may not be more text on screen as compared to the Kindle.
Is this correct?
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1. Book stats (I really don't care) only work with "official" Kepubs. It used to work with sideloaded Kepubs but they don't anymore. It's not clear if it is some kind of bug or if Kobo has done it on purpose... In some places (home screen, book list) you get a % of your full book.
2. I don't follow you. Default page numbering in Kepubs are TRUE number of page turns per chapter (so if you change font size, the total number of pages changes. The downsize is that you only know the pages you have in your current chapter). Nevertheless you can change that behaviour to a more or less similar whole book fake number similar to the epub system through KoboTouch Extended driver for Calibre. (A must have).
3. Yes. The real problem with Kobos is that their interface wastes a lot of space in the header (which is present only in kepubs) and in the footer (which is also present in epubs). So, you can freely change font size, margins, embedded or forced font type, or whatever but there's always a lot of wasted room in the bottom and top of the screen. The Aura HD screen is wider and has some more resolution (dpi) than Paperwhite but it doesn't really use that advantage because that of its GUI design... (And I suppose this issue is worse in other models as they have the same GUI but a smaller screen).
In fact I don't think that buying a Aura HD (which a bigger price tag) makes a lot of sense if you come from a PW1... (which also has a more or less HD display).