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Originally Posted by aluisscp
I like reading books in Kepub format because of how page numbers are adapted to reading on an ereader (with every turn you advance one page), unlike regular epub.
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Not true per se, if the epub has no embedded
page-map or
pageList or contains universal (not vendor specific [read: Adobe]) "page markers" like <a id="page=3"/> (similar for figures <a id="fig3.0">, chapters <a id="c3">) then it falls back to arbitrary page numbers using roughly 1024 bytes per page.
The Adobe renderer respects these "solutions".
The Access Renderer for kepub has similar issues.
If you increase the font size, let's say double or triple it from the current size. The page numbers per book or chapter stay the same. Therefore a page turn does not automatically increase the page number as shown on the pageometer on the bottom of the screen.
To solve this page number issue you have to decrease the font size accordingly. Applies for regular and kepubs.
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Originally Posted by aluisscp
Another good think is the chapter organization is a lot better IMO, because it gives you a more realistic experience of actually reading a book and not just text after text until you reach the end of a book. Also, I can say to myself: "one more chapter and that's it" and know how many pagesuntil that chapter ends.
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Yes, that's right, when tired you got an idea how many pages you have to read to finish the chapter. This is useful.
About a more realistic experience of reading a book. For the actual page numbers within a chapter: true.
Regarding the lay out of book: false (or partly false).
The embedded css book crafted by the publisher mimics the actual book best.
The Kobo code (a hack actually) overrides this embedded css and applies (wraps arround) it's own css. This messes up the original css and the results may vary from book to book. But I'm not gonna rant about Kobo code issues here.
Let's assume that the Kobo style hacks don't mess up the orignal lay out of the publisher too much and the lay out of a page still looks good but it does not mimic the actual paper book best. The regular epub version does this better. Every single time. That's just the nature of the Kobo style hacks.