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Originally Posted by JJ Johnson
I've yet to use ePub files, having always use the conversion to kepub since I've had my Kobo Libra. How do epub files have stable page numbers when you can still (I assume) change font size? Do pages get split across screens?
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Yes, depending on the font size and/or screen size of your device it may be split over two or more pages.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
I prefer Adobe page numbers for the simple reason that they are consistent across my devices. Page 256 is page 256 on my Mini, Clara HD, Forma, iPad Pro or my laptop hooked to dual 32" UHD monitors. By contrast, kepub numbering varies all over the place depending on the device I am reading on which is pretty damned useless when I am trying to find a page in a tech manual. OTOH, I prefer search to page numbers.
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This, and the fact that I can compare book length. I know someone will come here and say "if you read on the same size font regularly in all your the Kebpubs with screen numbering then you will still be able to compare book size". However, since there's no numerical way to set font size (so you are always reading on, say, a 12-point font) so there's no way to be sure you are using the same size on a different book. And changing the font size by one increment can change the screen count by 50+ pages.
I know someone will probably say "just use epubs instead of kepubs". I primarily read library books and want to be able to sync them directly on the Kobo, so I can't choose epubs.
I completely understand that some people really like the per-screen count. I am not claiming the Adobe system is better for everybody! I just wish Kobo could have found a way to keep the Adobo count as an option for those who prefer it. Or offer some other system that would be consistent across devices, such as word count.