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stumped · 07-31-2019, 01:42 PM

ps. if its linear, then 30 secs for a 500 page novel would mean 300 secs ( 5 minutes) for a ~5000 page omnibus or a war and peace. which is why I asserted minutes not seconds a few posts back.

I think the Libby app from overdrive - for library books - does a recompute on the fly of pages, but typically that's running on an android device with more cpu power than an e-ink reader

I agree that amazon could do pages left in chapter quite easily, as a chapter will have been pre-loaded into ROM

whether they should do it is a different debate. it would maybe be interesting to check if there's any demand for it in amazon's own forums

and there is the odd annoying author who does not believe in chapters, so the book comes as one long scroll. e.g. Wilbur Smith , in some of his books; Cormac McArthy, who does not believe in punctuation either

; Jack Kerouac, ( pre being "remastered" for modern readers... )

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stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	ps. if its linear, then 30 secs for a 500 page novel would mean 300 secs ( 5 minutes) for a ~5000 page omnibus or a war and peace. which is why I asserted minutes not seconds a few posts back. I think the Libby app from overdrive - for library books - does a recompute on the fly of pages, but typically that's running on an android device with more cpu power than an e-ink reader I agree that amazon could do pages left in chapter quite easily, as a chapter will have been pre-loaded into ROM whether they should do it is a different debate. it would maybe be interesting to check if there's any demand for it in amazon's own forums and there is the odd annoying author who does not believe in chapters, so the book comes as one long scroll. e.g. Wilbur Smith , in some of his books; Cormac McArthy, who does not believe in punctuation either ; Jack Kerouac, ( pre being "remastered" for modern readers... ) Last edited by stumped; 07-31-2019 at 01:50 PM.