07-21-2023, 01:07 PM | #16 | |
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[rant mode] Accurate page counts in a reflowable ebook? To me, that is a joke.Even using page maps, you are looking at page counts for a specific physical edition. The only page counts that I've ever found useful was Adobe's synthetic page map algorithm since that gives the same page numbers for the same epub file on any size of device regardless of playing with line spacing, margins, font size, etc. Page counts that vary with font size, margins, line spacing, line height, etc. are not transferable and so, to me, of no use. [/rant mode] Out of a perhaps morbid curiosity, is there a reason that you are modify the font size on your messages? Last edited by DNSB; 07-21-2023 at 01:16 PM. |
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07-21-2023, 01:15 PM | #17 | |
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And yes, there are other ways to get series. There is Patrick Gaskin's NickelSeries which will parse series and subtitle from an epub file. Though generally since many epubs lack that information in the .opf file, you need to massage the epub's opf file to add the information. Time for calibre and Sigil. For the real enthusiast, you could directly edit the KoboReader.sqlite file. Personally, I find using calibre, either of the Kobo Touch drivers and the Kobo Utilities plugin allows me to manage the metadata with relative ease. Being able to search ebooks on my computer based on almost any search query is a nice lagniappe. |
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07-21-2023, 01:26 PM | #18 | |
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Page counts are only useful in stuff like courses and book clubs. |
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07-21-2023, 02:16 PM | #19 | |
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This was testing by adding one of the following lines under the [Reading] heading in the Kobo eReader.conf file and seeing what if any changes it made in the visual appearance of my test file: Code:
webkitTextRendering=auto webkitTextRendering=geometricprecision webkitTextRendering=optimizelegibility webkitTextRendering=optimizespeed |
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07-21-2023, 02:17 PM | #20 |
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I'm looking at the book details for a kepub and there is no page count or estimated time to read. This is with the latest firmware and a relatively recent version of calibre.
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See the attached images for my setup and a sample of the details page on my Sage. |
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07-21-2023, 02:37 PM | #22 | |
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Another advantage to ePub is that the Count Pages plugin does the page numbering for ePub but it cannot do the page numbering for KePub. Last edited by JSWolf; 07-21-2023 at 02:40 PM. |
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07-21-2023, 03:29 PM | #23 |
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I've given up on the concept of page counts at this point and just stick with word counts. Even in paper books, the page count doesn't really tell you how long the book is, since different books have different physical page dimensions and font sizes.
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07-21-2023, 03:36 PM | #24 |
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For me, the only use for page counts is much the same as word counts to give me an idea of how long the book is and, generally, words counts are a better guide.
OTOH, I do admit to getting a chuckle out of the endless search for the holy grail of accurate page numbers for reflowable ebooks. |
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07-21-2023, 03:45 PM | #27 |
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How does the word count generated by the Calibre plugin compare to the word count shown on the Kobo website? I suspect depending upon the algorithm you use you could get different results if formatting words get mistaken for book content.
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07-21-2023, 04:09 PM | #28 | |
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07-21-2023, 06:41 PM | #29 |
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I've found the two numbers are very close. Good enough for my uses which are pretty minimal. The book in the images was downloaded and de-kepubified and the cover image set to my standard size.
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07-21-2023, 08:29 PM | #30 |
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That's good to know. I've been relying on the Kobo store word count for my records, rather than trying to do my own word count of each book.
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