A book called By the Blood of Heroes: The Great Undead War: Book I is being described by B&N as "zombie/historical military/steampunk."
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Ginger - Sep 07, 2012 3:38:37 pm PDT #19683 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 11:39:19 am PDT #19684 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So what I fail entirely to understand--if you flip forward in a "real" book to find the next chapter--why don't you just do that in an e-book? That's why I asked how you were doing it before, because I assumed it was some way (I couldn't fathom) that couldn't be duplicated electronically.
I don't really see the problem, especially considering it's easier to get back to where you were up to reading.
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2012 11:58:10 am PDT #19685 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How? Maybe I'm not doing it right. I can go up to the next chapter, but the change in percentage doesn't really tell me how many "pages" I have left, and to get back to where I was I have to flip back manually page by page or go to the chapter I was in and flip forward manually.
sj - Sep 08, 2012 12:01:26 pm PDT #19686 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
How? Maybe I'm not doing it right. I can go up to the next chapter, but the change in percentage doesn't really tell me how many "pages" I have left, and to get back to where I was I have to flip back manually page by page or go to the chapter I was in and flip forward manually.
Exactly. With a physical book you can put your finger on your current page while you flip forward to find the end of the chapter (or even to the last page of the book) and then mark that page with a bookmark, so you don't have to keep checking.
Gris - Sep 08, 2012 12:53:35 pm PDT #19687 of 28344
Hey. New board.
Do most of your books not show the fake page numbers, and P-C? You can also use the gesture to go to the next chapter then click the back button on the menu bar to return to your pre flip location. The back button is the only thing that kept me from throwing the Kindle touch at the wall ages ago, since I accidentally flip to the next chapter basically every other page.
sj - Sep 08, 2012 1:14:00 pm PDT #19688 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The gesture? There are no fake page numbers on my kindle, only percentages. I've had my kindle for several years, so they may have changed it since then.
Calli - Sep 08, 2012 1:19:12 pm PDT #19689 of 28344
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Books in my Kindle app have page numbers. I wonder why they did that differently?
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 6:12:18 pm PDT #19690 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You make a note of the page you're on, flip to the end of the chapter, and then Go To by page. Or you can bookmark where you are, I guess, if remembering the page number is above and beyond.
Why would you not do that?
sj - Sep 08, 2012 6:21:18 pm PDT #19691 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
You make a note of the page you're on, flip to the end of the chapter, and then Go To by page. Or you can bookmark where you are, I guess, if remembering the page number is above and beyond.
But there are no page numbers.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 6:24:11 pm PDT #19692 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And no bookmarking either?
You shoulda gotta Nook.