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Old 12-20-2014, 05:40 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
As you have probably already found out, once all the smartass answers have been sorted out, there seems to be no way.
Sorry Jellby, but Jon fed us the lines and we couldn't resist. But we also tried to help.

And no, there isn't a way. A swipe will always turn the page. Kobo have decided that a swipe to turn to the next page on the last page of the book will close the book. As I stated above, I consider this to be the right way to do it. The fact that other ereaders/apps work differently means that their designers had a different opinion.
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There are two other side effects of "finishing" a book in this way: The book is marked as finished for the statistics, and this is not reversible without manually modifying the database (flagging the book as unread does not decrease the "number of read books", not even removing the book completely from the device). And the location within the book is reset to the beginning, so when you open the book again it will show the cover page (or the first chapter, or whatever), not the last page of the book, which is where you left it.

These two side effects are reason enough for wanting the book not to be "closed and finished" after the last page.
I don't get it. You have finished the book, why don't you want it counted? If you don't want it finished, and want to reopen to that last page, then use the menu to go the home page or the library.

As to the stats, there are two. On is "Books finished". That seems to be the number of books that you have turned the page to the end and then past the end. Or "read to completion". It doesn't include books marked as finished using the menu. If that is the interpretation, then reopening a book to reread shouldn't reduce the number. An argument could be made that rereading a book to completion should be counted.

The percent of library complete has changed somewhere along the way. It used to use the number of books in the library marked as finished. Now it uses the above number. That to me is wrong. I think the older calculation is correct here.

Reopening a finished book will always open to the first page of the book. It doesn't use the other clues such as the ToC.
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