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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
Intelligence has nothing to do with a preference for Amazon or Calibre's 'page numbers' over locations. Calibre's page numbering system works on a similar principle to locations, except that they output units that are closer to real life page numbers than locations. They're just different units of measurement. Wanting to use these 'page numbers' in a book is like preferring to use a larger unit of measurement like a metre to measure the length of a football field, instead of an unweildly unit like a centimetre or millimetre. Sure, you might be comfortable with marking out the units of such a length using millimetres, but it cannot be claimed as a sign of intelligence to prefer it to measuring it in metres.
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The two systems serve different purposes, of course. The primary purpose of a location number is to give someone a precise reference within a book. If you refer to text at a particular location, a reader can go to that location, and they will be assured of finding that text on their screen, regardless of their choice of font size.
Page numbers - real or "faked" - do not offer that capability, since a single "page" will generally span several screens-worth of text on the Kindle. If you give someone a page number as a reference, they will very likely not see the text that you're referring to on the screen, but will have to page one or more screens backwards or forwards to find it.