Can you mark a part of a book to not count towards reading progress?

Colonel Cathcart · 12-26-2022, 09:43 AM

There are parts of books that are not normally intended for reading such as an index, references or end notes (that you either read when they're referenced to in the book or otherwise completely ignore).
Is there a way to mark these parts of an ebook such that an ereader would not count those towards the reading completion of a book (time/pages remaining, percentage of book read, etc.)?

Turtle91 · 12-26-2022, 11:14 AM

Since reading progress is purely an app/reader function I would guess that they are not necessarily implemented the same way across apps/devices. Getting consistent results would be difficult.

Things I would try:
-putting whatever you don’t want to count at the back of the book so at least it’s not counted until you’re almost done.
-playing with linear=no in the opf…. That will most certainly have other effects so caveat emptor

Colonel Cathcart · 12-26-2022, 11:46 AM

Thank you, that's pretty much what I was hoping to find. There's no equivalent to "linear=no" for epub 2.0, right?
Do you happen to know if Kobo respects that attribute in kepubs as I intended in the OP? exclude it from word counts towards reading duration etc.?

Quoth · 12-26-2022, 11:52 AM

Probably not on about 99% of ebooks sold or reading platforms used.

If you are a guru, make a second copy without the extra stuff. Put both in the app/ereader and swap if you need to look stuff up. Reduces bookmark usage too!

Jellby · 12-27-2022, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colonel Cathcart

There's no equivalent to "linear=no" for epub 2.0, right?

linear=no is epub 2.0, as far as I know. Another matter is whether the reading app/software does anything with it.

With KOReader, at least you can "Hide nonlinear fragments", with which those won't count in your reading progress in the footer. I'm not sure about other statistics, but when you reach the end of the linear stuff you get a prompt where you can mark the book as finished.

JSWolf · 12-27-2022, 04:54 AM

You could also move this stuff to the front of the eBook so you still have it, but it will count as having been read.

12-26-2022, 09:43 AM	#1
Colonel Cathcart Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 340434 Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Israel Device: Kobo Libra H2O	Can you mark a part of a book to not count towards reading progress? There are parts of books that are not normally intended for reading such as an index, references or end notes (that you either read when they're referenced to in the book or otherwise completely ignore). Is there a way to mark these parts of an ebook such that an ereader would not count those towards the reading completion of a book (time/pages remaining, percentage of book read, etc.)?

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,101 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Since reading progress is purely an app/reader function I would guess that they are not necessarily implemented the same way across apps/devices. Getting consistent results would be difficult. Things I would try: -putting whatever you don’t want to count at the back of the book so at least it’s not counted until you’re almost done. -playing with linear=no in the opf…. That will most certainly have other effects so caveat emptor

12-26-2022, 11:46 AM	#3
Colonel Cathcart Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 340434 Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Israel Device: Kobo Libra H2O	Thank you, that's pretty much what I was hoping to find. There's no equivalent to "linear=no" for epub 2.0, right? Do you happen to know if Kobo respects that attribute in kepubs as I intended in the OP? exclude it from word counts towards reading duration etc.?

12-26-2022, 11:52 AM	#4
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,171 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Probably not on about 99% of ebooks sold or reading platforms used. If you are a guru, make a second copy without the extra stuff. Put both in the app/ereader and swap if you need to look stuff up. Reduces bookmark usage too!

12-27-2022, 04:54 AM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,041 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could also move this stuff to the front of the eBook so you still have it, but it will count as having been read.

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