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broom · 04-07-2025, 10:42 AM

Hi,

I started reading a library book from Overdrive on my Clara BW but hit an odd issue. Once I got beyond all the front matter and into the book proper I stopped being able to turn the page as normal. Every time I tapped the screen I'd jump back to the table of contents. I found that I was able to turn the page by swiping, but it was very irritating each time I forgot to swipe and ended up back at the TOC.

I was able to download the ADE version of the EPUB from Overdrive via Libby, DeDRM it and sideload it as KEPUB via Calibre. It showed the same problem. Looking at the source of the EPUB I noticed that all the affected chapters included a link back to the TOC, like this:

Code:

<p class="CT" id="ch01_ch_001"><a href="ch04.xhtml#tocch01_ch_001"><span class="ChapLabel">1</span> Slightly Depressed</a></p>

I modified a copy of the EPUB to remove the links, e.g. changing the above to:

Code:

<p class="CT" id="ch01_ch_001"><span class="ChapLabel">1</span> Slightly Depressed</p>

and found that I then had no trouble using my normal tap to turn the pages.

Does anyone know if this is expected behaviour? It seems very odd to me that a link would steal the focus of a tap in this way, and especially so after I've turned several pages so that the link is no longer on the screen. Does this happen for all links, or is there likely some other aspect of this particular KEPUB that causes it? Should EPUBs just not have links? Is it an issue with the title that I should report to Overdrive/Libby somehow?

Or is there a setting that I'm missing that could mitigate this oddness? Or any other ideas? Though I've been able to workaround the problem for this book, it's only by bypassing the DRM... is that something I'm likely to have to do again?

Thanks in advance.

(I searched this forum for similar reports and only turned up this thread from 2014: Chapter problem on Kobo kepub book. It seems to describe a similar issue and identifies links as the likely problem, but doesn't get any further.)

04-07-2025, 10:42 AM	#1
broom Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Location: United Kingdom Device: Kobo Clara BW	KEPUB chapter titles include links: can't tap to turn page Hi, I started reading a library book from Overdrive on my Clara BW but hit an odd issue. Once I got beyond all the front matter and into the book proper I stopped being able to turn the page as normal. Every time I tapped the screen I'd jump back to the table of contents. I found that I was able to turn the page by swiping, but it was very irritating each time I forgot to swipe and ended up back at the TOC. I was able to download the ADE version of the EPUB from Overdrive via Libby, DeDRM it and sideload it as KEPUB via Calibre. It showed the same problem. Looking at the source of the EPUB I noticed that all the affected chapters included a link back to the TOC, like this: Code: <p class="CT" id="ch01_ch_001"><a href="ch04.xhtml#tocch01_ch_001"><span class="ChapLabel">1</span> Slightly Depressed</a></p> I modified a copy of the EPUB to remove the links, e.g. changing the above to: Code: <p class="CT" id="ch01_ch_001"><span class="ChapLabel">1</span> Slightly Depressed</p> and found that I then had no trouble using my normal tap to turn the pages. Does anyone know if this is expected behaviour? It seems very odd to me that a link would steal the focus of a tap in this way, and especially so after I've turned several pages so that the link is no longer on the screen. Does this happen for all links, or is there likely some other aspect of this particular KEPUB that causes it? Should EPUBs just not have links? Is it an issue with the title that I should report to Overdrive/Libby somehow? Or is there a setting that I'm missing that could mitigate this oddness? Or any other ideas? Though I've been able to workaround the problem for this book, it's only by bypassing the DRM... is that something I'm likely to have to do again? Thanks in advance. (I searched this forum for similar reports and only turned up this thread from 2014: Chapter problem on Kobo kepub book. It seems to describe a similar issue and identifies links as the likely problem, but doesn't get any further.)