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Evil Overlord · 01-31-2023, 06:34 PM

My Kobo e-reader has the option to show, at the top of the screen (as I have it configured, anyway), the number of pages in the chapter (e.g., 3 of 6), while at the bottom it shows the pages in the book (or % read). My question isn't specific to Kobos; I'm just using this example.

The books I buy seem very inconsistent in how this is applied. For example, in one book with no chapters, the e-reader suddenly started showing page numbers halfway through the book (counting from that change). This was presumably because the book was split into two xhtml files. However, I haven't tracked down what the difference in the files was.

What EPUB feature determines whether the e-reader will/can show the number of pages in the chapter, and what the chapter/heading level is that it uses. For example, if I have an EPUB with headings at: Title, Section, and Chapter, what determines which is used?

I'm thinking it's something to do with which heading style <h1>, <h2>, etc. is used, and that it's something simple, but haven't figured it out.

01-31-2023, 06:34 PM	#1
Evil Overlord Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 972 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Libra Colour	Show pages in chapter My Kobo e-reader has the option to show, at the top of the screen (as I have it configured, anyway), the number of pages in the chapter (e.g., 3 of 6), while at the bottom it shows the pages in the book (or % read). My question isn't specific to Kobos; I'm just using this example. The books I buy seem very inconsistent in how this is applied. For example, in one book with no chapters, the e-reader suddenly started showing page numbers halfway through the book (counting from that change). This was presumably because the book was split into two xhtml files. However, I haven't tracked down what the difference in the files was. What EPUB feature determines whether the e-reader will/can show the number of pages in the chapter, and what the chapter/heading level is that it uses. For example, if I have an EPUB with headings at: Title, Section, and Chapter, what determines which is used? I'm thinking it's something to do with which heading style <h1>, <h2>, etc. is used, and that it's something simple, but haven't figured it out.