Showing book cover upon opening ebook? - Page 3

Timoleon · 08-08-2011, 09:05 AM

I'm in agreement with those who want the Kindle to open to the cover. It's got to be a relatively easy fix for the people in mobi-world to make, wouldn't you think?

sil · 08-08-2011, 07:16 PM

There is no reason the Kindle can't open books at their covers by default, as a user preference setting. Makes no difference what the author set when they made the ebook or what format the ebook is in. If you can reach the cover by a bunch of button presses there is no reason the device can't automatically perform those for you on first opening a book. Or to open at a table of contents. Or first page of text. Just add a user preference option for default opening location so for those of us who have a preference can set it accordingly.

I definitely prefer to open at the cover, I skip forward over the copyright garbage and sometimes read the forward depending on the book. Books are a typically linear experience and I would prefer my ereader device to give me the same experience.

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08-08-2011, 09:05 AM	#31
Timoleon Time Enough at Last Posts: 387 Karma: 1151316 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England Device: iPad 3, iPhone 5, Kindle 3, Fire, Sony PRS-350	I'm in agreement with those who want the Kindle to open to the cover. It's got to be a relatively easy fix for the people in mobi-world to make, wouldn't you think?

08-08-2011, 07:16 PM	#32
sil Member Posts: 12 Karma: 260 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	There is no reason the Kindle can't open books at their covers by default, as a user preference setting. Makes no difference what the author set when they made the ebook or what format the ebook is in. If you can reach the cover by a bunch of button presses there is no reason the device can't automatically perform those for you on first opening a book. Or to open at a table of contents. Or first page of text. Just add a user preference option for default opening location so for those of us who have a preference can set it accordingly. I definitely prefer to open at the cover, I skip forward over the copyright garbage and sometimes read the forward depending on the book. Books are a typically linear experience and I would prefer my ereader device to give me the same experience.

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