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Old 05-13-2015, 01:40 AM   #9
davidfor
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
I'm one of those weird bastards who wants to start at the very first page (or the cover image/page if it's first) and browse. I want to check out the dedication, the foreword, the pronunciation guide, the blurbs/praise, the epigraph--the works. I'm not in a race to get right down to the nitty-gritty. I wanna buy the book some dinner and get to know it a little before I plow right into Chapter One. I want my ebooks to open at page zero. With EPUB/Mantano, that's what I get. Every single time, without fail.
While I wouldn't have put it that way, I agree. I've always read, or at least looked at all pages in the front matter.

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With EPUB/Mantano, that's what I get. Every single time, without fail.
Where the book opens depends on the reader. The Kobo ereaders will open an epub to the ToC entry. The calibre view opens to the cover. I don't know if any actually pay attention to the "text" semantic.
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