hte next test should b to create book with more chaper files than toc enttires. to confirm that the footer counts pages between toc nav points, not pages in current xhtml file, I expect wtat is that a test would show.
PS maybe I was wrong about google books. I just ( on the PC) uploaded that current test book & opened within google books & it does seem to have the complete toc. I see the word ""test" where I'd added it to the toc file. and I see the double entry of chapter name & chapter number, as per the code extract that I posted previously.
The case FOR using google books is that it will sync your place in book between all devices, even for books you upload yourself, and you can choose to have an offline copy stored on tablet so you can still read with wifi-off. It will sync when it next has the opportunity. But, it limits to your PCs & devices that can talk to google servers, so no Kindles.
here is how to use it from within chrome:
http://google.about.com/od/androidti...Play-Books.htm
PS I thought I'd deleted all copies of the original test book, but then I saw I still had an old version in dropbox, so I grabbed that & changed all the xhtml file names which contained %20 . Once I replaced those with simple names like test1.xhtml, the original bug disappeared!. Sigil nowadays is pretty smart with such things; if you rename a chapter file it fixes the toc for you. ( I think the older version id not do that )
So it is best to avoid any %20 spaces in chapter file names in books, if you plan to read them on Kobo. I think that is diagnosed to my satisfaction now, so I really can bin all verions of that annoying boo!