Sort by and displaying page number

JasonAug · 03-28-2011, 06:08 PM

I was wondering if there is a way to see the length of the ebook without actually opening it. Since size =/= length in ebooks. Also is there a sorting by length option. If not, are there plans to implement these features.

itimpi · 03-29-2011, 01:23 AM

As far as I know there is no way to directly derive the length of an ebook file without actually opening it and parsing its contents. The file size can be a very rough indication, but that can be heavily affected by both how text has been formatted, and also whether there are embedded graphics.

I do not recall any interest expressed by any of the calibre developers in having such a feature. This matters as since calibre is open source, features only get added to calibre if someone is interested enough to work on them. Of course I could be wrong there and your post could spark off interest.

JasonAug · 03-31-2011, 09:51 PM

Normally I never use adobe digital edition (except for books with DRM), but it does have both displaying and sorting by page numbers in its function. Its a shame that seeing page numbers is the only use I have for Adobe DE.

Manichean · 04-01-2011, 03:45 AM

You can always just create a custom column and put the information there. You'd have to manually populate that, though.

03-28-2011, 06:08 PM	#1
JasonAug Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Iphone (Stanza)	Sort by and displaying page number I was wondering if there is a way to see the length of the ebook without actually opening it. Since size =/= length in ebooks. Also is there a sorting by length option. If not, are there plans to implement these features.

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03-29-2011, 01:23 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	As far as I know there is no way to directly derive the length of an ebook file without actually opening it and parsing its contents. The file size can be a very rough indication, but that can be heavily affected by both how text has been formatted, and also whether there are embedded graphics. I do not recall any interest expressed by any of the calibre developers in having such a feature. This matters as since calibre is open source, features only get added to calibre if someone is interested enough to work on them. Of course I could be wrong there and your post could spark off interest.

03-31-2011, 09:51 PM	#3
JasonAug Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Iphone (Stanza)	Normally I never use adobe digital edition (except for books with DRM), but it does have both displaying and sorting by page numbers in its function. Its a shame that seeing page numbers is the only use I have for Adobe DE.

04-01-2011, 03:45 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	You can always just create a custom column and put the information there. You'd have to manually populate that, though.