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Old 07-28-2010, 06:40 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
If you've spent a day reading 1/2 the book then it's a fair bet that it will take another day to finish it. Obviously the amount of time you can devote to reading will vary so this time won't be accurate but does it really matter? Do you really want to know how long it takes (or will take) to read a book?
I often need to know how long time it will take to finish a book. With a paper book that is easy to estimate.

But my point was really that percentage does not give you the same amount of information that you have in a paper book were you not the total amount of pages and what page you are on. And I would be very unhappy if ebook reader designer thought that percentage was enough or equivalent to what you have in a paper book.
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