Thread: Do all ereaders have a back function?
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Old 06-18-2018, 12:31 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by spinster View Post
Hello,

I don’t have an ereader and have never used one. I do my reading on a MacBook Pro. I need to know if all ereaders have a back function. I have written an ebook with a lot of cross-referenced hyperlinks, so a return link will only link to one location, so will not work. If all ereaders have a back function, as I suppose, that would solve the problem, as it would serve as a return link to wherever you linked from. Do all ereaders have a back function, and if so, is there any problem with it serving as an all-purpose return link that I can’t foresee?

Thanks kindly for any and all insights.
NO, they do not. Many of the older and less-advanced Kindles don't, and any number of ePUB reader devices don't.

I deal with this all the time, due to the linking of indices, and the many-to-one problem. If all devices had a back function, I wouldn't have to worry about it--but they don't.

You cannot assume the existence of the Back function, I'm sorry to say.

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