Mini reader jumps to the end of the book sometimes

hidari · 06-13-2013, 12:47 AM

Due to my pressing it the wrong way? or I press...get no response and then it jumps to the end of the book....

Anyone else with the Mini have this problem?

hidari

ottdmk · 06-13-2013, 12:55 AM

I've heard of readers jumping ahead two pages instead of one, but to the end of the book is new to me. What type of book is it? Did you buy it from Kobo or is it sideloaded? There may be a problem with how the book is structured.

hidari · 06-13-2013, 12:58 AM

I am thinking it is the book. lots of links to notes at the end of the book. Non-fiction...history... happened to me before on other readers... Me thinks it's the epub and not the reader...but who knows...

aceflor · 06-13-2013, 01:07 AM

I had that with one book too. I used Calibre to re-convert it, and afterwards it was working fine. Maybe worth giving it a try ?

hidari · 06-13-2013, 01:10 AM

I usually reconvert all epubs to epub via Calibre....cause I like to have words all over the screen....but... maybe I forgot to on this one...

speakingtohe · 06-13-2013, 01:57 AM

At one time my mini kept opening books on the last page and then closing them. Seemed to be every second book. Then it stopped doing that.

Then there was a time when it would skip the cover and prologue and go to the first chapter on about 1/2 the books when first opened..

No idea really why it stopped doing either, possibly a firmware revision, or I smacked it against the wall a few times.

Helen

hidari · 06-13-2013, 03:39 AM

good idea smack it up a few times

samhy · 06-13-2013, 05:31 AM

It happened to me with a badly formatted ebook. As Aceflor said converting it solved everything.

DNSB · 06-13-2013, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

Then there was a time when it would skip the cover and prologue and go to the first chapter on about 1/2 the books when first opened..

No idea really why it stopped doing either, possibly a firmware revision, or I smacked it against the wall a few times.

Virtually all my ebooks open on the first chapter. epigraph or prologue. I remove the table of content entries for the covers, author's list of book, etc. so the first TOC entry is the first bit of text I want to read. I really don't need to skip over the list of books the author has been associated with every time I read a book.

Regards,
David

jackie_w · 06-13-2013, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

Then there was a time when it would skip the cover and prologue and go to the first chapter on about 1/2 the books when first opened..

As far as I can tell, a previously unopened book seems to open, by default, to the page referenced by the first item in the TOC. So if 'Chapter 1' is the first TOC entry then any other 'front matter' (cover, dedication, copyright, maps, prologue, etc) would be skipped. You can still page backwards to see the skipped pages, of course.

The moral of the story - if you want to make sure that all books open to page 1, make sure that 'Cover' is the first TOC entry.

Edit: The above applies to sideloaded standard epubs, I don't know if kepubs are the same.

speakingtohe · 06-13-2013, 01:09 PM

@DNSB and Jackie_W

I actually tried that on one of the books that opened to the last page and closed again, to no avail. Then my Mini reset itself a couple of times IIRC and it hasn't happened since.

Prior to that it even happened on a short story with no cover or TOC.

I believe that this was 2.3.2 or 2.3.1 and I was having no sleeping cover problems as well

It was several months ago, so I am not absolutely sure but I think a random reset fixed the problem, but it could have been a firmware update.

Neither my Aura or mini seem to reset themselves as often these days, so that is a good thing

06-13-2013, 12:47 AM	#1
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	reader jumps to the end of the book sometimes Due to my pressing it the wrong way? or I press...get no response and then it jumps to the end of the book.... Anyone else with the Mini have this problem? hidari

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06-13-2013, 12:55 AM	#2
ottdmk Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 3765734 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2, Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus, Lenovo Tab M8 HD	I've heard of readers jumping ahead two pages instead of one, but to the end of the book is new to me. What type of book is it? Did you buy it from Kobo or is it sideloaded? There may be a problem with how the book is structured.

06-13-2013, 12:58 AM	#3
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	I am thinking it is the book. lots of links to notes at the end of the book. Non-fiction...history... happened to me before on other readers... Me thinks it's the epub and not the reader...but who knows...

06-13-2013, 01:07 AM	#4
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,470 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	I had that with one book too. I used Calibre to re-convert it, and afterwards it was working fine. Maybe worth giving it a try ?

06-13-2013, 01:10 AM	#5
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	I usually reconvert all epubs to epub via Calibre....cause I like to have words all over the screen....but... maybe I forgot to on this one...

06-13-2013, 01:57 AM	#6
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	At one time my mini kept opening books on the last page and then closing them. Seemed to be every second book. Then it stopped doing that. Then there was a time when it would skip the cover and prologue and go to the first chapter on about 1/2 the books when first opened.. No idea really why it stopped doing either, possibly a firmware revision, or I smacked it against the wall a few times. Helen

06-13-2013, 03:39 AM	#7
hidari MR Drone Posts: 1,613 Karma: 15612282 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: DRONEZONE Device: PB360+, Huawei MP5, Libra H20	good idea smack it up a few times

06-13-2013, 05:31 AM	#8
samhy Wizard Posts: 1,820 Karma: 9503859 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD	It happened to me with a badly formatted ebook. As Aceflor said converting it solved everything.

06-13-2013, 01:09 PM	#11
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	@DNSB and Jackie_W I actually tried that on one of the books that opened to the last page and closed again, to no avail. Then my Mini reset itself a couple of times IIRC and it hasn't happened since. Prior to that it even happened on a short story with no cover or TOC. I believe that this was 2.3.2 or 2.3.1 and I was having no sleeping cover problems as well It was several months ago, so I am not absolutely sure but I think a random reset fixed the problem, but it could have been a firmware update. Neither my Aura or mini seem to reset themselves as often these days, so that is a good thing

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