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stumped · 05-13-2020, 07:19 AM

read is such a vague term. is it there to indicate reading has begun i.e. book has been sent to reader. [ which seems a useless feature to me - if I want to know that I can just look in the reader ?

or the past tense read, as in book has been finished ( there is no obvious way for CC to know that ? )
the "read" button is a command: begin or resume the reading process ?

in normal english " I read a book" refers to something done in the past & usually means "I completed it", " i am reading a book" means its in progress .

I'd be mildly interested to know how it is intended to work and whether others find it useful

maybe that field should be renamed as "opened" ?

05-13-2020, 07:19 AM	#2
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	read is such a vague term. is it there to indicate reading has begun i.e. book has been sent to reader. [ which seems a useless feature to me - if I want to know that I can just look in the reader ? or the past tense read, as in book has been finished ( there is no obvious way for CC to know that ? ) the "read" button is a command: begin or resume the reading process ? in normal english " I read a book" refers to something done in the past & usually means "I completed it", " i am reading a book" means its in progress . I'd be mildly interested to know how it is intended to work and whether others find it useful maybe that field should be renamed as "opened" ? Last edited by stumped; 05-13-2020 at 07:21 AM.