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Araucaria · 01-28-2018, 05:07 AM

I've a Kindle Voyage which, for the most part, I'm very happy with.

But I recently bought Jared Diamond's "Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive" - from the Amazon Kindle Store. This long book is in four main "Parts", with a further subdivision into chapters. The chapters are numbered continuously through the book, so that, for example, Part Three starts at chapter 10.

When I use the "go to" function in the Voyage, there are two oddities. The main one, and the most annoying, is that it is impossible to "go to" any particular chapter. The best you can do is go to the beginning of one of the Parts - and each part contains several chapters. The second oddity is that if you are at the beginning of the book, you can only "go to" the beginning of the main section of the book (it covers locations 522 to 9624). You have to open a page somewhere there before you can then go to one of the four Parts.

I wouldn't mind this very much, but I found it easy to lose my place in the book. The pictures are all at the end, with a hyperlink in the text to take you there (but not back again). If you have fat thumbs like me, it's easy to hit the Voyage's "home" icon rather than the "go back" arrow. After that you have to guess at your previous location or page to resume reading.

It's not the book's fault. If I open it in the Calibre reader, the sections, Parts and Chapters are all nested nicely in the "Table of Contents" on the sidebar, with the ability to expand or contract them. Well done Mr Goyal!

Any ideas or workarounds to suggest?

Incidentally, I thoroughly recommend Jared Diamond's book for some very timely views on ecology and society.

01-28-2018, 05:07 AM	#1
Araucaria Bibliophile Posts: 166 Karma: 934516 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Cantal in the French Auvergne Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Libra H20, Kindle PW2, Moon Pro on Lenovo tablet	Voyage - Can't "go to" Chapters I've a Kindle Voyage which, for the most part, I'm very happy with. But I recently bought Jared Diamond's "Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive" - from the Amazon Kindle Store. This long book is in four main "Parts", with a further subdivision into chapters. The chapters are numbered continuously through the book, so that, for example, Part Three starts at chapter 10. When I use the "go to" function in the Voyage, there are two oddities. The main one, and the most annoying, is that it is impossible to "go to" any particular chapter. The best you can do is go to the beginning of one of the Parts - and each part contains several chapters. The second oddity is that if you are at the beginning of the book, you can only "go to" the beginning of the main section of the book (it covers locations 522 to 9624). You have to open a page somewhere there before you can then go to one of the four Parts. I wouldn't mind this very much, but I found it easy to lose my place in the book. The pictures are all at the end, with a hyperlink in the text to take you there (but not back again). If you have fat thumbs like me, it's easy to hit the Voyage's "home" icon rather than the "go back" arrow. After that you have to guess at your previous location or page to resume reading. It's not the book's fault. If I open it in the Calibre reader, the sections, Parts and Chapters are all nested nicely in the "Table of Contents" on the sidebar, with the ability to expand or contract them. Well done Mr Goyal! Any ideas or workarounds to suggest? Incidentally, I thoroughly recommend Jared Diamond's book for some very timely views on ecology and society.