Firmware 4.15.12920

[rashkae]

Originally Posted by dmapr

I've seen several books like this, as well as books that had multiple chapters per file. Do you know by any chance if multiple chapters per file will also trigger the bug?

Yes, they will.

[lumpynose]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The only time I've found that bug is when the ToC is hooped. The trigger for me was a book where the author placed the chapter number in one file so it would be on a page by itself and the chapter text in the next file with no header so no entry in toc.ncx.

That's how I formatted the Max Brand short story collection I did, and the Achmed Abdullah one as well; for each story I have a separate title page with the title of the story and when and where it was published. Is that a bad practice or just something that happens to tickle this bug? I could redo it and move the title stuff into the chapter/story text.

Also, what do you mean by "the ToC is hooped"?

[dmapr]

Originally Posted by rashkae

Yes, they will.

Thanks much, will continue staying away from this one

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by lumpynose

That's how I formatted the Max Brand short story collection I did, and the Achmed Abdullah one as well; for each story I have a separate title page with the title of the story and when and where it was published. Is that a bad practice or just something that happens to tickle this bug? I could redo it and move the title stuff into the chapter/story text.

Also, what do you mean by "the ToC is hooped"?

IMNSHO, it's not a bad practice for your books as you do have more content on the page than just the chapter number. Much like one recent book I read where the chapter number was followed by one or two epigraphs, there are good reasons for placing that content on a separate page. Perhaps a hidden header in the story to generate a ToC entry without having it display while reading the epub (the indentation makes this easier to view).

However, I really don't like wasting a page to display "Chapter 1" and I consider an ebook that does this as being poorly designed. Much like the cases where the chapter number is preceded by a half screen of white space, it really adds nothing but wasted space.

In my testing, the issue is triggered when you are in a text file that does not have a TOC entry. For a file that had a ToC entry, bringing up the ToC display would show the ToC entry for that file checked while moving to the file with the chapter text and which does not have a ToC entry would show the first entry in the ToC checked. For my test epub, this would be Title Page which is the first entry in the ToC.

Hooped was perhaps a poor word choice. Screwed, trued and blued? Layout created by a intern late on a Friday afternoon? Possibly after happy hour?

And yes, how this is handled is a bug on Kobo's side. The behaviour described for a text file without a ToC entry is spelled out quite clearly in the GitHub entry.

[lumpynose]

Originally Posted by DNSB

IMNSHO, it's not a bad practice for your books as you do have more content on the page than just the chapter number.

Ok, thanks. Mine are title pages for each short story. If it doesn't have any chapters, e.g., a novella then it won't have any h tag in the body part.

[vjjustin]

Originally Posted by rashkae

Eh, I think the bugs introduced with 4.15 that affect epub books are pretty severe. It can be more than annoying if you turn off the device or switch to home screen, and it doesn't remember what page you left at. (to be honest, I'm kind of surprised there's no hotfix for this yet.)

Personally, I use kepub formats on Kobo, and the newer firmware versions are a really big plus.

Argh!!, I wasted hours trying to fix this. I patched the latest firmware and also resent some books, arranged folders/collections etc. So was sure I made some mistake somewhere and did not check here.

This is frustrating as I have many anthologies, many of which have an author introduction page before the actual story. So, it is almost unusable as I usually don't finish stories in one sitting.

Is there any fix for this or any information as to when there will be a new/fixed firmware?

[dmapr]

Originally Posted by vjjustin

Argh!!, I wasted hours trying to fix this. I patched the latest firmware and also resent some books, arranged folders/collections etc. So was sure I made some mistake somewhere and did not check here.

This is frustrating as I have many anthologies, many of which have an author introduction page before the actual story. So, it is almost unusable as I usually don't finish stories in one sitting.

Is there any fix for this or any information as to when there will be a new/fixed firmware?

If I were in your shoes I'd try a downgrade. I myself am running 4.10.11655 and can't think of anything remotely annoying with it. Note that I read epub exclusively so if you have kepub books YMMV.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by vjjustin

Argh!!, I wasted hours trying to fix this. I patched the latest firmware and also resent some books, arranged folders/collections etc. So was sure I made some mistake somewhere and did not check here.

This is frustrating as I have many anthologies, many of which have an author introduction page before the actual story. So, it is almost unusable as I usually don't finish stories in one sitting.

Your choices are:
- Send the books a kepubs
- Add a chapter title for each of story sections.
- Merge the intro and story with something between them to show where one finishes and the next starts.
- Downgrade the firmware.

Is there any fix for this or any information as to when there will be a new/fixed firmware?

There appears to be a new device coming. It will probably be released in October. There is always a firmware release for new devices. I wouldn't expect anything before then.

[vjjustin]

Originally Posted by dmapr

... I'd try a downgrade. I myself am running 4.10.11655 ...

Yes, I think I will have to downgrade if there is no firmware in pipeline. Thank you.

Originally Posted by davidfor

... Send the books a kepubs...

...a new device coming. It will probably be released in October. There is always a firmware release for new devices...

This is great, I can wait a month or so if there is an upgrade. If that isn't coming by then, I will downgrade.

I hate making any changes to epub files (even as simple as font changes) and prefer to keep them as close to retail as possible. If on the otherhand these are badly formatted files and I 'need' to read it, I will spend hours modifying it. I might convert these to kepub for the time being. Will it still maintain the activity info between epub and kepub? I guess not. Anyways, thanks for the quick response.