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GeoffR · 09-01-2016, 12:36 AM

The EPUB 2 spec provides for this feature via a pageList in the NCX.

Edit: And Adobe has a similar way of doing it using a page-map. However both rely on the publisher providing the page data, so the ereader needs to have a way to synthesise the page numbers if the publisher has forgotten to include them. Most publishers don't bother to provide a pageList or page-map, so what you see in the Kobo ereaders is usually the synthetic page numbers.

09-01-2016, 12:36 AM	#3
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	The EPUB 2 spec provides for this feature via a pageList in the NCX. Edit: And Adobe has a similar way of doing it using a page-map. However both rely on the publisher providing the page data, so the ereader needs to have a way to synthesise the page numbers if the publisher has forgotten to include them. Most publishers don't bother to provide a pageList or page-map, so what you see in the Kobo ereaders is usually the synthetic page numbers. Last edited by GeoffR; 09-01-2016 at 04:53 AM. Reason: ... rely on the publisher providing the page data ...