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Old 11-15-2016, 08:59 PM   #290
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
My old Kindle just goes on and on and on forever. I don't think I've charged it more than twice a year. I mean, put it to the charger, explicitly. Because I mostly have only 2-5 books on the Kindle, it gets connected to the computer before the battery runs out, and it recharges there.

Even with the battery fix in the newer firmware, I can see the KA1's charge dropping. When asleep, the Kindle basically two months, while the Kobo lasts about three weeks (max).
You have had the chance to let the Aura ONE sleep for three weeks to test? Or are you guessing based on shorter sleeps. In either case, are you turning off the auto sync?
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PS: one thing I like is the fact that calibre can send page-numbers to the KPW1, and that the reader will adhere to them. I like that more than having calibre-managed collections. With regard to page numbers, I'm a bit old-fashioned; I use Count Pages in calibre, and I've been reading with the same count for so long that I can now exactly predict how long a book will take me as soon as I see the page number.

And yes, believe it or not, that is somewhat important to me. If I don't have a lot of time to read, which is often the case, I don't want to inadvertently start a book that would be 1200 pages long if in paperback size. I'd never finish it in a decent time frame. I'd rather start something around the 250-300 page mark.

While not essential, I just like that the KPW1 page numbers correspond with those in calibre. That's just a part of my OCD and stuff.
What book format are you using? For epubs, the ADE algorithm is used. The Count Pages plugin can generate these and they are a reasonable match to what the device shows. For kepubs, you have the choice between the per-chapter count which is really a count of the screens used (changes with reading settings), or a per-book count. The latter is the same for whatever reading settings you use. I don't know how it is calculated. I assume they do something like the ADE method, but, from memory, it ends up with a higher number than the ADE method. If I'm reading a kepub, I usually use the per-chapter page count. Being able to see how much to the end of the current chapter is useful when picking a stopping point. But, shortly after starting a kepub, I frequently change to the per-book count to get an idea of length. Once I have done that, I have a better of what "30%" means for how far I am through the book. Plus the chapter graph in the stats gives a very good indication as well.

If the point of the page number is to get an idea of the book length, then you can use whatever version you like in calibre and push it into the comments/synopsis of the book. When choosing a book, you can look at the details of the book on the device and see the calculated length in the synopsis. For me, I add the word and page count plus the tags and my rating. You can do this and some other tweaking of the metadata using my Kobo Utilities plugin.
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