07-30-2013, 04:23 PM | #1 |
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Time left in chapter/book?
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I got a kindle paper white and a kobo aura hd, and an trying to decide which one to keep I like the kobo more I think, except for that it doesn't seem to tell you how long is left in the chapter/book, something that the kindle tells you, and a feature I find quite useful. The odd thing is that all the reviews I found state that the kobo does tell you how much time is left. So, how do I do this? Is there a way to show you how much time is left? Thanks, B Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 |
07-30-2013, 04:30 PM | #2 |
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At the bottom of the screen where it says "Chapter XX - Page Y of Z" tap that area and then a little bar comes up. On the left-hand side you should see "XX% done" when you tap that a larger box comes up that shows time left for the current chapter, estimated time for the next chapter AND the total time left in the book. There's also a bar graph showing the chapters by size.
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07-30-2013, 04:44 PM | #3 |
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This depends fully on what format the book is in-
Stock ePubs won't show those stats, only so called kEpubs which are either books bought from Kobo and downloaded via WiFi from Kobo or Kobo Desktop, or books sent via calibre and the Touch extended driver- |
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Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but I believe you can instruct a Kobo eReader to use the Kobo rendering engine by changing the filename of the book. Assuming you’ve registered your eReader already, you download the ebook to your computer, then locate the file and change the filename like this: Mybook.epub (original ePub2 file for use with the Adobe Mobile Reader rendering engine). Insert the text “kepub” like this: Mybook.kepub.epub This directs a Kobo eReader to use the Kobo rendering engine rather than the Adobe one. It’s easier to buy your DRMed (copyrighted) books from Kobo.com in the first place and download them by simply syncing your Ereader. For books that do not have DRM, like the many eBooks available free here on Mobileread, changing the filename is easy, or using calibre as PeterT suggested, has more features and is more effective. |
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07-30-2013, 07:17 PM | #5 |
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Yes a simple rename from epub to kepub.epub does force the engine to change; however, the book needs to be DRM free, and, a simple rename will not allow some featurs like bookmarks, or annotations to work.
For those to work, the book needs to have span's added throughout it, and the kobo.js file found in a true kepub added as well. All those functions (save the DRM removal) are handled by the Kobo Touch Extended driver. |
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I always use Calibre and the plug-in so everything is in the kepub format, sorry, I made an incorrect assumption for the original poster. |
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is this the same situation for mobi files that are used on the android kinfle app?
I have a couple of books not purchased from amazon, on the kindle app it shows the location and percentage complete, but will not show the time to the end of chapter of end of book. is there a way to fix it for these files? |
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people i have renamed epub to kepub.epub, its work. But on standby does not appear the cover of book.
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FWIW, the time remaining on sideloaded books can be very, very wrong when you begin reading. It improves as you move through the book. |
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Kepubs are handled in a different way to epubs. How the cover is obtained is one of the differences. For that to work properly, an extra attribute has to be added to cover image definition in the OPF file inside the book file. If you use calibre, the KoboTouchExtended driver will do this for you, plus put all the other things in that are needed for kepubs to work properly.
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