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Originally Posted by eloigorri
HI understand ebooks do not have hard page counts due to formatting variables etc, but on commercial ebooks in kindle there is a page x of y shown in the footer, so some form of dynamic count is possible which I would like to achieve in my books.
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Page numbers shown for Kindle e-books are called "real page numbers" by Amazon. They are based on a specific print edition of the same book and do not vary based on the layout or font size chosen when reading.
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Originally Posted by eloigorri
I see the page count on the Calibre front screen after I run the plug in, but it is not displayed in my Ipad Kindle reader.
I am generating an old format mobi version of my book from a docx word file on a windows 8 PC.
The book looks ok, Table of contents intact and chapters etc where they should be, but no page count when viewed on via my Ipad Kindle reader.
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Page numbers not included within a MOBI file. They are conveyed in a separate file with the extension ".apnx". Calibre is able to create these APNX files and deliver them to the correct place when sending books to an e-ink Kindle device over USB.
I have not tested it, but you may be able to do the equivalent if you generate an APNX file and transfer it to the Kindle app yourself using iTunes. You would need to work out the details of the steps involved to do that.