AZW3 file and page numbers

Hampshire Nanny · 08-18-2014, 07:48 PM

I started with an ePub which I converted to AZW3 with Calibre to send to my Kindle K3/keyboard. I noticed that when I looked at my position in the book, the Kindle displayed both page number and location. Now, I'm assuming that the page numbers came from the original ePub, but I found several topics here where there is a discussion that ePub doesn't have page numbers as such. I wouldn't think that Calibre created an APNX side file. So, I'm totally confused as to where the page numbers come from. And, do I have any control over them during the book generation? (Again in another thread I saw that ADE applied its own page numbering to an ePub by using a fixed 1024 characters per page.)

eschwartz · 08-19-2014, 12:04 AM

calibre generates a pseudorandom best-guess APNX. You can disable it in the Device Driver for the Kindle (or select between different options for guessing them).

Hampshire Nanny · 08-19-2014, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

calibre generates a pseudorandom best-guess APNX. You can disable it in the Device Driver for the Kindle (or select between different options for guessing them).

Ah -- controls are in the Device Driver! I looked all through the "Conversion" customization wizard and couldn't find anything. The total number of pages generated for this particular book is a little bit inflated, but not badly off. I just couldn't figure out where they came from.

Thanks for clearing up the mystery.

08-18-2014, 07:48 PM	#1
Hampshire Nanny Guru Posts: 615 Karma: 8064562 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3 KB, iPad2	AZW3 file and page numbers I started with an ePub which I converted to AZW3 with Calibre to send to my Kindle K3/keyboard. I noticed that when I looked at my position in the book, the Kindle displayed both page number and location. Now, I'm assuming that the page numbers came from the original ePub, but I found several topics here where there is a discussion that ePub doesn't have page numbers as such. I wouldn't think that Calibre created an APNX side file. So, I'm totally confused as to where the page numbers come from. And, do I have any control over them during the book generation? (Again in another thread I saw that ADE applied its own page numbering to an ePub by using a fixed 1024 characters per page.)

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08-19-2014, 12:04 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	calibre generates a pseudorandom best-guess APNX. You can disable it in the Device Driver for the Kindle (or select between different options for guessing them).

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