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Originally Posted by PKFFW
Well this thread has certainly gone way beyond my simple comprehension!  But is interesting none the less, so thanks for the responses. |
Yes, we got carried away with theories before hearing back from you about what you actually saw.
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Some of the books I have on my Kobo I have owned for quite a while so I'm inclined to think the problem is likely due to somehow acquiring different/updated versions of the book without realising it.
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Downloading the same book from Kobo over time can give a different version. And the epub and kepub versions aren't always in sync.
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Having said that, there could be a problem with space time in my house that is affecting ebook readers because my wife's Sony PRS-T3 is currently having a problem where it randomly chops off anything from a word or two up to a couple of paragraphs at the end of chapters. The chapters display perfectly in Sigil and the book was only purchased 4 days ago so I know for a fact it's the same file. Weird.
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The missing text don't happen to start with words in italics or something? The epub renderer on the Kobos have a problem with incorrect nesting of tags. A book I was reading had song lyrics scattered through. At one point a chapter ended with a song and the start of the next chapter didn't make sense (the song was part of a seduction and the next chapter started with them waking up in bed, but mentioning something that didn't happen). When I looked at in the calibre editor, I found that the song was only about halfway through the chapter (they'd been interrupted by a friend in trouble). The code for the song lyrics looked like:
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<i>
<p>First line</p>
<p>Second line</p>
<p>Third line</p>
</i>
That is illegal code, but most HTML renderers will handle it. The version of RMSDK used on a Kobo doesn't like it and doesn't display anything after the closing i tag. The calibre editor will display this correctly, but the error check will highlight it. I'm pretty sure Sigil will fix problems like this when open the book. At least it used to, but, I don't know if that still happens automatically or you have to trigger it somehow.
The Sony PRS-T3 uses an older version of the RMSDK than recent Kobo firmware does. I would expect it to have the same problem.