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Originally Posted by Evil Overlord
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.
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It mostly depends on the reader/app you are using.
Some count per EPUB, some count per file ("Chapter"), and some do other fancy heuristics (like headings/subheadings).
Many readers also allow the user to choose between different settings:
Pages/Screens vs. % of book/chapter vs. "Time Left to Read".
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Then... it would depend on how the EPUB was built.
If the person built the EPUB poorly, and had the entire book in one ginormous file, well, the "per file" count wouldn't be able to work well!
Some ebooks, very rarely—and mostly Non-Fiction—even have RPNs (Real Page Numbers) built in, so your reader might even recognize + show those!
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Originally Posted by Evil Overlord
For example, if I have an EPUB with headings at: Title, Section, and Chapter, what determines which is used?
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I'm suspecting it's just per file.
So, if you'd open up the EPUB, you might see something like this:
- Chapter01.xhtml
- Chapter02.xhtml
- Chapter03.xhtml
then, when the Kobo opens the EPUB, it'll just generate a "# of pages" for every file:
- Chapter01.xhtml = 5 pages
- Chapter02.xhtml = 10 pages
- Chapter03.xhtml = 20 pages
Then, depending on which settings you chose on your device, it could show:
- 5/5 = Chapter
- 5/35 = Book
- 14% = % of Book
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Originally Posted by Evil Overlord
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.
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I don't know. No way to tell unless you open up the ebook and look inside.
But it at least should've showed you the entire book's "page" count.