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Originally Posted by French
I'm having trouble with a few of my books and no idea why. They are non DRMd Mobi. I can open both books, and page through the first few pages, but neither will get to the first chapter. Each just throws me back to the Contents on my reader to choose another book. The files aren't that bit (622 kb and 876 kb). Both open fine on my computer and I can page through them/see everything.
I also noticed as I was reading a book last night...it said 576 pages and kept me updated as to what page I was on. But then it felt like there was an awful lot "open" as I got close to that 576th page. And when I reached the 576th page there was another, and then another and then another (each numbered one higher, so 577, 578, 579, etc.) until I finished the book. Now this isn't a deal breaker, but apparently I am a reader that is just as cognizant of how much is left as what I'm actually reading. This messed me up a bit (expectations and all).
Are these "known" issues? Can they be fixed with firmware updates? I do like my new reader but am a little bummed at all the trouble I'm having to go through to use it, and even then I'm still experiencing issues.
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Are there any higher ASCII characters somewhere at the start of the chapter? (so, any other character than is visible on your keyboard...).
About the page number, that has always, from the very start, been in mobipocket books. Because you can change the font, font-size, margins, orientation, and line spacing, you can't exactly say how many pages there are in the book. It will only give an estimate. I don't know exactly when it will "update" the total amount of pages... I've gotten used to it, and use it to give me an idea where I am in the book. (the mobipocket reader for WinCE doesn't show page numbers, but rather a progress bar).
I must say, I prefer the mobipocket way of showing page numbers, even though it's not always accurate, over the epub way of showing page numbers as you have absolutely no idea how many pages there are. And those page numbers don't match with your "pages" (sometimes I have to go two pages further to see the next page number, sometimes only two, etc).