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Converting to Kepub with Calibre doubles the page count.
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I've got a Kobo Clara HD and I use a Calibre to manage all my Epubs. I convert them in Calibre to Kepub and then transfer them over. One issue I'm having with some epubs is that the page count on the Clara is wrong. With some books it's doubled for some reason. So, something that is 500 pages shows up incorrectly as 1000 pages. Any idea what is causing this? |
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I have a much smaller difference between epub and kepub page numbering on my 8" Sage, for example. I also use a smallish font size and tight line height. |
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RMSDK (for ePub) uses 1024 uncompressed characters equals 1 page. page numbers do not change if you change margins, font, font size, line height, or turn footers on/off. ePub has no issue with page numbers and what's in the NCX ToC. KePub uses roughly 1 screen equals 1 page. The page numbers do change if you change the margins, font size, font, line height, or turn headers/footers on or off. Now there is an issue with KePub where it will get the page numbers confused if you don't have every HTML file in the NCX ToC. So you have to edit the ePub to make sure every HTML file is in the NCX ToC. Of the two ways of doing page numbers, ePub is a lot more accurate. It's the best page numbering for eBooks (other then PDF). Last edited by JSWolf; Yesterday at 12:58 PM. |
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In your opinion. Other people have different opinions (personally, I'm not a fan of Adobe page numbers). The only advantage of the Adobe system is that it's consistent across different devices and brands. While I often do read the same book on both my Kobos, having different page numbers (as kepub and epub) doesn't bother me. I have poor memory for numbers and find it easier to find my place by text.
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I don't like the Adobe numbers because their page count is similar to hardcover editions - which I never read. I want my page count to reflect mass market editions and have customized the plugin accordingly. Besides, I like to use kepubs on my Sage and so there would not be Adobe numbers there anyway. |
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The issue I have is that some kepubs show the first page as halfway through the book and the page number is doubled. |
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I have tried to clean the original epub using “modify epub” plugin in calibre but still get the same result and I have inspected the toc file in a kepub that has the error and one that doesn’t and can’t see why it shows half way through the file
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I have managed to fix a kepub by converting the original epub to mobi then back to epub before the final kepub conversion. I don’t feel this is the correct way to fix these files though. |
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