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Old 10-30-2017, 01:38 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by Doitsu View Post
Switching to epub3 only for page numbers might not be such a good idea for Amazon KDP authors, because, AFAIK, KindleGen only supports NCX pageLists or ADE page-map xml files.

Also, last I checked, Amazon KDP didn't support "real page numbers." AFAIK, only big publishing houses who offer both print and Kindle books can offer Kindle books with "real page numbers" on Amazon.

Moreover, KindleGen apparently only supports the ePub3 items listed in the KindleGen 2.8 release notes, and nav page-list isn't listed.
Hey, Doits:

Well, not in the routine course, I'd agree.

But, vis-a-vis what you said about "real page numbers," that's not totally correct--in our experience, I mean. Our experience--which is limited, granted, in this particular regard--is that if we submit a MOBI with RPNs (Real Page numbers acronym by yours truly) embedded into the coding, using IDs (e.g., "id="page7" or "p7" or whatever), and we link to those from a separate page index, or in the index, etc., we've seen Amazon enable the RPN functionality in that eBook. Without a page list or XML page-map.

Offered solely FWIW.

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(For that matter, remember THAT guy? The one that came to my firm first, and when I tried to explain the various issues to him, promptly came here to get a "real" answer? The one who TYPED his RPNS in, on the page, at the page breaks? THAT guy allegedly and apparently [based on some research I did] got RPN functionality enabled, with Amazon. Through simply manually entering those page numbers. So...there's that. I think that means that it's hard for us to say definitively what will, and won't, enable/turn on the RPN functionality within the Kindleverse.)


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