Aura HD Kobo patch: kepub page numbering seems off?

ownedbycats · 04-01-2021, 04:53 AM

Question:

With the kepubs, the number of pages displayed when bringing up the Reading Menu used to be more accurate, e.g. if it said 315 of 315 I was actually at the very end of the book and going back one screen was 314.

however recently, since I installed kobopatch, I noticed this number seems off quite a bit, like it'll be 315/315 for at least four screen flips. Any idea what I should do to fix this?

davidfor · 04-01-2021, 06:36 AM

There are problems with the full book page count in kepubs and it has been discussed here a few times. Mostly, there are some repeated page numbers in the middle chapters. And the longer the chapter, the more likely it is to happen. I tend to see about one page in eight repeating, but, others have reported more. I think it is something in the formatting that is making the difference, but, I haven't worked out what.

I have seen that for the last page in a chapter, the page number frequently doesn't change. But, I haven't noticed anything with the end of a book, but, the books I read as kepubs usually have several pages of backmatter that is in individual files ("also by", "next book in series" and "about the author" type thing). These tend to be one page only and I think this is always correct.

What you are seeing is probably an extension of what I see at the end of a chapter. It is a known bug, but, I encourage you to report it to Kobo so they know it is important to people.

04-01-2021, 04:53 AM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,656 Karma: 61234567 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	kepub page numbering seems off? Question: With the kepubs, the number of pages displayed when bringing up the Reading Menu used to be more accurate, e.g. if it said 315 of 315 I was actually at the very end of the book and going back one screen was 314. however recently, since I installed kobopatch, I noticed this number seems off quite a bit, like it'll be 315/315 for at least four screen flips. Any idea what I should do to fix this? Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-01-2021 at 05:36 AM.

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04-01-2021, 06:36 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	There are problems with the full book page count in kepubs and it has been discussed here a few times. Mostly, there are some repeated page numbers in the middle chapters. And the longer the chapter, the more likely it is to happen. I tend to see about one page in eight repeating, but, others have reported more. I think it is something in the formatting that is making the difference, but, I haven't worked out what. I have seen that for the last page in a chapter, the page number frequently doesn't change. But, I haven't noticed anything with the end of a book, but, the books I read as kepubs usually have several pages of backmatter that is in individual files ("also by", "next book in series" and "about the author" type thing). These tend to be one page only and I think this is always correct. What you are seeing is probably an extension of what I see at the end of a chapter. It is a known bug, but, I encourage you to report it to Kobo so they know it is important to people.

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