Thread: Aura HD Considering Aura HD, supplementing KPW1
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Old 02-24-2014, 10:38 PM   #30
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
I know. The Kobo Touch Extended Driver (is the shorthand KTED in use in this forum? If not, it now is ) converts on the fly, so if you use Hyphenate This on your EPUB's in the library, you actually do convert your already-hyphenated EPUB to KEPUB. You just don't save it.

I prefer to have all formats I use in Calibre, if possible, because I have some positively HUGE books that would take 10+ minutes to convert if I decided to read them. Now, I store the EPUB (base format) and AZW3 formats for all books. Assuming the KEPUB conversion plugin would normally work, I would just store the KEPUB format as well.

Still, if the driver conversion works better than the plugin for whatever reason, I'd use the driver. I don't really care what sort of file ends up in the device, as long as it looks alright and I can create it from my base EPUBs.
The conversion the extended driver does is not the same as a calibre conversion. It only makes the changes to add kepub features. If you do a calibre conversion from epub to kepub, all the conversion options come into play.
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I've read the thread about re-enabling those stats. If it can't be done, it can't be done. I just want SOME way to know where I am in the chapter, or at the very least, in the book.
When reading, the current page number is always displayed at the bottom of the page. For a kepub, this will be per chapter page numbers and will also show the chapter title. If you tap the screen to show the menus, the top bar shows the time for about 5 seconds. Then the time is replaced by the percent through the book.
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I'll just use the Count Pages page numbers in Calibre, so I can estimate the "paperback size" of a book, and have the Kobo use whatever it uses. I just need to time my reading speed once, to know how many pages an hour I can read on the Kobo. I can then calculate my own TTR wel enough.

If the chapter page numbers are displayed (for example, Page 4 of 17 in Chapter 3) is there a way to also see the number of pages in the book?
The is an option you can add to the config file on the device to have page numbering for the whole book for epubs. The extended driver has an option that does the change for you.
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