Touch Strange Book Behaviour

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Brianrh

Can I ask another question about Calibre's ability to tweak ebooks?

I've noticed with the Touch that not every ebook allows chapter progress to be shown in the header and even in the Reading Settings Kobo states this.

Is this something that can be corrected on the ebooks that can't have the progress displayed?

Probably because there's no correctly working NCX Table of Contents. You can add this by using the Edit TOC feature in Calibre.

[Brianrh]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Probably because there's no correctly working NCX Table of Contents. You can add this by using the Edit TOC feature in Calibre.

Thanks Sirtel, another thing to investigate but it is good to still learning about what Calibre is capable of.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I downloaded a sample and looked at the code. Yep, there's an <a id="xxx">paragraph text</a> inserted for every paragraph. Many apps and also the kepub reader on Kobos probably ignore this, but the epub reader apparently doesn't.

There are basically two solutions: fix it in the calibre editor or use kepub instead of epub.

KePub doesn't ignore it. @Brianrh said he converted it to KePub.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Brianrh

Can I ask another question about Calibre's ability to tweak ebooks?

I've noticed with the Touch that not every ebook allows chapter progress to be shown in the header and even in the Reading Settings Kobo states this.

Is this something that can be corrected on the ebooks that can't have the progress displayed?

If you install the Diaps Editing Toolbag, you can use it to remove all of the <a id="xx"> from the eBook and solve the underline problem without ding a backwards conversion to Mobi. This is an editor plugin and is only of use in the editor.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Brianrh

Can I ask another question about Calibre's ability to tweak ebooks?

I've noticed with the Touch that not every ebook allows chapter progress to be shown in the header and even in the Reading Settings Kobo states this.

Is this something that can be corrected on the ebooks that can't have the progress displayed?

In order to have page numbering work correctly for KePub, every HTML file has to be listed in order in the NCX ToC. So you'd have to double check every NCX ToC and if needed, make corrections for the page numbering to work.

However, if you side load ePub, you do not have to check/edit the ToC at all ePub does not have this issue. Try ePub and see what you think.

In order to not have to switch drivers to send ePub, go to Preferences > Plugins and search for KoboTouchExtended. Then click Customize plugin. Go to the Extended tab and uncheck Send books as kepubs. Then click OK.Once you then back out of preferences, restart calibre. If you want KePub again, undo what you just did.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

KePub doesn't ignore it. @Brianrh said he converted it to KePub.

No, he didn't. Another poster did and said the text wasn't underlined in the kepub version.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In order to have page numbering work correctly for KePub, every HTML file has to be listed in order in the NCX ToC. So you'd have to double check every NCX ToC and if needed, make corrections for the page numbering to work.

However, if you side load ePub, you do not have to check/edit the ToC at all ePub does not have this issue. Try ePub and see what you think.

Did you even read the post? The OP is not talking about page numbering, but about chapter progress.

[bluepeter]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No, he didn't. Another poster did and said the text wasn't underlined in the kepub version.

Quite so. Thank you.

[Brianrh]

I'm sorry I think I caused the confusion by asking a second question half way through the thread. Probably better for me to start a new thread next time.

Apologies.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No, he didn't. Another poster did and said the text wasn't underlined in the kepub version.

Thanks for the correction.