Amazon Kindle - show pages left in chapter?

[koboy]

is there a way to get my Amazon Kindle to show page left in chapter? rather than time left.

best wishes koboy

[knc1]

Originally Posted by koboy

is there a way to get my Amazon Kindle to show page in left chapter? rather than time left.

What information is shown in the lower left corner has varied with the firmware version.

Touch the lower left corner -
With each touch it will step to the next available display setting -
Stop when you have it the way you like.
Or at least as close to what you like as the choices allow.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by knc1

What information is shown in the lower left corner has varied with the firmware version.

Touch the lower left corner -
With each touch it will step to the next available display setting -
Stop when you have it the way you like.
Or at least as close to what you like as the choices allow.

thanks for the tip unfortunately page left in chapter isn't an option.

best wishes koboy

[knc1]

Originally Posted by koboy

thanks for the tip unfortunately page left in chapter isn't an option.

best wishes koboy

Try a different firmware version.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by knc1

Try a different firmware version.

i would do if i knew for a fact which if any older firmware as the page left in chapter option.

best wishes koboy

[Atunah]

Pages left in chapter has never been an option on kindles. You can only have time left in chapter. Not pages, not locations. Or just locations/pages. If pages are available at all, not all books have them.

But never for left in chapter or left in book. It uses that as a time measurement based on how fast one reads.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Pages left in chapter has never been an option on kindles. You can only have time left in chapter. Not pages, not locations. Or just locations/pages. If pages are available at all, not all books have them.

But never for left in chapter or left in book. It uses that as a time measurement based on how fast one reads.

that's what i thought thank you for the confirmation. i'm so used to having the option on my Kobo i was hoping the Kindle would do the same, oh well win some lose some

best wishes koboy

[jhowell]

Even if they had this option, I wonder what it would mean. Amazon only has page numbers on some books and when they do they are supposed to match up with the pages in a specific print edition.

Do you want to know how many Kindle screens of content are left in the chapter or how many pages would be left in the chapter if you were reading the print equivalent of the book?

[koboy]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Even if they had this option, I wonder what it would mean. Amazon only has page numbers on some books and when they do they are supposed to match up with the pages in a specific print edition.

Do you want to know have many Kindle screens of content are left in the chapter or how many pages would be left in the chapter if you were reading the print equivalent of the book?

say chapter 1 as 50 pages with the Kobo i can set it to show pages left in chapter so it shows page 1 of 50 then page 2 of 50 and so on till page 50 of 50 then onto the next chapter.

or i can set it to show pages in entire book which would show page 1 of 500 page 2 of 500 until page 500 of 500.

best wishes koboy

[knc1]

Originally Posted by koboy

that's what i thought thank you for the confirmation. i'm so used to having the option on my Kobo i was hoping the Kindle would do the same, oh well win some lose some

best wishes koboy

It is a math test on the Kindle.

With book open -
Tap lower left corner until page number is displayed -
Tap top margin -
Tap go to -
Subtract your current page number from the page number of the next chapter (next page number greater than you are on).

On == 546
Next chapter at == 558
I have 12 pages left in current chapter (if reading the printed book).

If you have a book without page numbers and/or without a chapter listing by page number -
Then the option you want probably wouldn't work for that book anyway.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by knc1

It is a math test on the Kindle.

With book open -
Tap lower left corner until page number is displayed -
Tap top margin -
Tap go to -
Subtract your current page number from the page number of the next chapter (next page number greater than you are on).

On == 546
Next chapter at == 558
I have 12 pages left in current chapter (if reading the printed book).

If you have a book without page numbers and/or without a chapter listing by page number -
Then the option you want probably wouldn't work for that book anyway.

seen as i can't have page left in chapter i will stick with time left in chapter that's much easier for me.

best wishes koboy

[barryem]

I do some reading with Moon+ reader on my phone when I'm away from my Kindle and it has a page number option that shows total screens in chapter and number of screens already read. That gives you a pretty good idea of where you are in the chapter.

Of course if you change fonts or line spacing or margins these numbers change. That makes it difficult if you're always changing the layout but for people like me who rarely do this I think it's the most rational plan I've seen.

Moon+ should never have been named Moon+. It should have been called Rational Reader or some such.

Barry

[knc1]

Originally Posted by barryem

I do some reading with Moon+ reader on my phone when I'm away from my Kindle and it has a page number option that shows total screens in chapter and number of screens already read. That gives you a pretty good idea of where you are in the chapter.
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That sounds like a very reasonable solution to the problem of "Where am I".

And I bet they fired the programmer that thought it up.
Too easy to use and understand.

[dordale]

Originally Posted by barryem

I do some reading with Moon+ reader on my phone when I'm away from my Kindle and it has a page number option that shows total screens in chapter and number of screens already read. That gives you a pretty good idea of where you are in the chapter.

Of course if you change fonts or line spacing or margins these numbers change. That makes it difficult if you're always changing the layout but for people like me who rarely do this I think it's the most rational plan I've seen.

Moon+ should never have been named Moon+. It should have been called Rational Reader or some such.

Barry

That's how Kobos count the "pages in chapter" that Koboy was referring to. This only works in "Kepub" files not ePubs. If you set the Kobo to show pages left in the book, it defaults to the Adobe page numbering system--but for kePubs by chapter it shows screen counts--which will change when you change the font size. I like seeing the screen count as it gives me a good idea of how long I have left in the chapter. Personally, I like it better than Kindle's "Time left in Chapter". And it's trivial to convert ePubs to kePub when trnasferring books to my Kobo readers.

[barryem]

Interesting. I did try converting epub to Kepub on my Kobo Aura (the original Aura) and I had some problems but I don't recall what they were. I don't think I was aware of those paging features. Maybe I'll give that another try and check it out.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Barry