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Old 02-05-2023, 05:41 PM   #1
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Any source for the number of chapters in a book?
I catalog my physical books in Calibre. A year or two after doing this, I started adding chapter counts to the book records. Pulling them all back off the bookshelves just to check the table of contents is a bit tiring.

Are there any book sites that list the number of chapters?
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Old 02-06-2023, 12:04 AM   #2
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I don't know anything about such a resource, but I am curious as to why you care how many chapters there are. It seems like a number without a lot of meaning.
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I catalog my physical books in Calibre. A year or two after doing this, I started adding chapter counts to the book records. Pulling them all back off the bookshelves just to check the table of contents is a bit tiring.

Are there any book sites that list the number of chapters?
Why are you cataloging chapters? What does that get you in terms of how long the book is? A James Patterson books with over 100 chapters is no longer then an average novel with say 20 chapters.
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Because I want to catalog chapters.
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I catalog my physical books in Calibre. A year or two after doing this, I started adding chapter counts to the book records. Pulling them all back off the bookshelves just to check the table of contents is a bit tiring.

Are there any book sites that list the number of chapters?
I don't know of any specific sites, but how about just using an ebook store site (like Amazon) and use "Look Inside"?
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The only way I can think of to find the number of chapters is to look at the corresponding digital books (Amazon, OverDrive, publisher sites), since a table of contents is usually included in the sample. It would still be tedious and time-consuming.
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Some literary novels (and novellas) - and based upon the author's use of narrative technique and how she or he views a novel's construction - do away with chapters altogether. ('m thinking of Thomas Bernhard.)

I might add that I thoroughly enjoy Kobo's reading tool that allows one to gauge the length of a chapter as a visual when engaging in a novel.
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For what it matters, I've been using a combination of Kobo/Kindle previews for books available as eBook, and then looking up the old out-of-prints on Open Library.
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re: Chapters. A Chapter heading accompanied by a clever title can draw you in, much like a well written blurb.
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Get a copy of your most recent KoboReader.sqlite database.
Go to the content table
You will se your list of chapters for every book loaded onto your kobo.
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I've already gotten all the chapter counts for my eBooks!
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