Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels
by alanbernstein on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @02:36AM
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My preference is for number of pages left in chapter, but for some reason Amazon doesn't seem to be able to implement that.
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Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels
by dendriti on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @04:16AM
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Some Amazon Kindle books DO have "real" page numbers. It's an additional feature that must be supported. The problem of page numbers on reflowable text is much more difficult than it may appear.
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels
by alanbernstein on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @05:58AM
(#31420895)
Not totally trivial, sure, but I have a hard time believing that it's difficult. Maybe for complex documents, but just plain text? Not really. I use Moonreader on Android, it shows page numbers with no trouble.
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels
by fullstop on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:12AM
(#31421778)
It depends on the book. Some have them, some do not.
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels
by alanbernstein on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:08PM
(#31426451)
Ok, well it has been available for zero books I've read on Kindle, and 100% of books I've read on moon reader. Whatever the challenge might be, other people have figured it out and Amazon hasn't. It's embarrassing.