Kindle Android App Query

Brianrh · 09-27-2023, 07:08 AM

Hi

Sorry if I should have posted this in the Android sub forum but my question is probably more appropriate to ask here.

Why is it that on my Kindle ebook reader it shows page numbers but on the epubs I have put on the Android Kindle apps on my tablet and phone it just shows location position? Is there a relationship between page number and location?

Many thanks.

innocenat · 09-27-2023, 08:31 AM

On most books bought from Amazon, there will be a page number based on a specific print edition.

When using calibre to send books to Kindle e-reader via USB, calibre will automatically create approximate page number file so Kindle device will display page number as approximated by calibre.

In other cases, including via the Send to Kindle service, page number is not available because there are nothing to reference to.

Brianrh · 10-11-2023, 02:08 PM

Sorry for not replying sooner but I’ve had a bit of a medical issue.

Thanks for answering my query about Kindle page numbers and giving an explanation as to why I don’t always get them. I hadn’t realised that you use Calibre to side load ebooks on a Kindle using a USB lead. I will have to give it a go.

So thanks again.

Brianrh · 10-12-2023, 02:35 PM

i side loaded epubs on to my Kindle using Calibre and I now get page numbers when I press the top of the page to exit the book.

Just what I wanted so thank you very much innocenat.

09-27-2023, 07:08 AM	#1
Brianrh Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 559550 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Kindle	Kindle Android App Query Hi Sorry if I should have posted this in the Android sub forum but my question is probably more appropriate to ask here. Why is it that on my Kindle ebook reader it shows page numbers but on the epubs I have put on the Android Kindle apps on my tablet and phone it just shows location position? Is there a relationship between page number and location? Many thanks.

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09-27-2023, 08:31 AM	#2
innocenat Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 2691856 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: PPW5, Quaderno A4, Supernote A6X, Leaf 2	On most books bought from Amazon, there will be a page number based on a specific print edition. When using calibre to send books to Kindle e-reader via USB, calibre will automatically create approximate page number file so Kindle device will display page number as approximated by calibre. In other cases, including via the Send to Kindle service, page number is not available because there are nothing to reference to.

10-11-2023, 02:08 PM	#3
Brianrh Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 559550 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Kindle	Sorry for not replying sooner but I’ve had a bit of a medical issue. Thanks for answering my query about Kindle page numbers and giving an explanation as to why I don’t always get them. I hadn’t realised that you use Calibre to side load ebooks on a Kindle using a USB lead. I will have to give it a go. So thanks again.

10-12-2023, 02:35 PM	#4
Brianrh Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 559550 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Kindle	i side loaded epubs on to my Kindle using Calibre and I now get page numbers when I press the top of the page to exit the book. Just what I wanted so thank you very much innocenat.

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