Big margins in Kindle footnote pop-up

[Tex2002ans]

Originally Posted by 413Michele

Of course, you're right. I have simply never seen an ebook with per-chapter notes till now and I wasn't sure what you meant. This is surely an option I'll consider.

And per-chapter footnotes is the vast majority I see.

One of the biggest advantages is keeping everything together in a single HTML file.

(This is extremely helpful when converting to different formats or moving to alternate locations... like a website.)

Originally Posted by Hitch

Yes, there are still eBook readers (humans, that is) that prefer to have the footnotes at the bottom of the related screen.

I haven't messed with KOReader too much—because I find the Android version extremely clunky compared to the alternates—but Jellby told me about the functionality.

I think KOReader's setting is called "in-page footnotes". Looks something like this:



Not aware of any actual ereader that has such functionality though.

Most just have popup footnotes (Kobo, Kindle, etc.) or just plain ol' links to jump back/forth.

But if you KISS, all that footnote stuff is much more likely to work across devices/apps.

And using the EPUB3 code, theoretically, might allow some reader in the future to toggle an "ignore <aside> footnotes". (Again, I'm not aware of any that actually has this setting, but it could happen.)

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Side Note: And for anyone who runs across this in the future... currently, EPUB3 (EPUB3.2) only allows epub:type:

• footnote
• endnote

and allows them to be wrapped in a <section> or <div> with epub:type:

• footnotes
• endnotes

All other older epub:type methods are deprecated:

• note
• rearnote
• rearnotes
• annotation

See:

https://idpf.github.io/epub-vocabs/structure/#notes

(And if converting EPUB->Kindle, I have no idea how Kindle Previewer handles these.)

Originally Posted by Hitch

Personally, I'm an endnote preferrer as a reader, but yes, the more and greater options we can give our readers, the better off we are, in terms of reader engagement and satisfaction. I try hard not to force my own preferences on the innocent victims. LOL.

I hate when I'm reading an ebook, thinking I have so much further to go, and all of a sudden it just "ends 20% short".

Spread those notes out! Then you'll get more accurate progress % + time estimates!

It reminds me of those books that toss in a whole extra "free preview" after the final chapter/Epilogue! I think I still have a ton more to go, and then the ebook just... ends.

[413Michele]

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

I hate when I'm reading an ebook, thinking I have so much further to go, and all of a sudden it just "ends 20% short".

In theory that's what linear=no is for, it's a pity that the support is what it is