Fanfic / WIP Question

[laceblade]

I have a question about long-ish fanfics that are works in progress.

Let's say that I'm reading a 200,000+ word fic, which isn't yet complete. I download it to my e-reader, and read it on that.
Then, the author updates the fic with a new chapter.

Is there a way to add this chapter to the existing e-book?
Or is the only way to get it to re-download the entire fic?

If I do re-download the entire fic, does anybody know of an easy way to breeze past those first 55 chapters of 200,000+ words, or am I better off just reading the new chapters on my laptop?

--
Side notes, in case they are useful, although I think the question is applicable to any site/management tool/e-reader:
Using a Kobo Touch, downloading fic from the AO3.org, managing fic with Calibre.

Comments

[fides]

I think it does (although I haven't used one) - from the Kobo site:

To use the Table of Contents on your Kobo eReader Touch:
1. Tap the middle of your page to bring up the Reading Menu.
2. Tap the Annotations icon.
3. Tap Table of Contents.
4. Tap the title of the chapter you want to go to.

[laceblade]

OMGGGGG, there is a table of contents!

Well now I just feel stupid.
Thank you!
My reading!self thanks you!

[elf]

Don't feel stupid. Most ereader navigation is clunky and non-intuitive... reading straight through is easy; figuring out how they manage bookmarks and a TOC is different on every single reader, and never as smooth as it is for paper books.

Or rather: of COURSE you should've know that the Table of Contents is under ANNOTATIONS; where ELSE would it be, right?