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Originally Posted by xnowimcoolx
From an academic background page numbers are of the utmost importance. Although I've never asked I can't imagine any of my profs being keen on me citing a kindle number as a page number.
Once for a course I actually read a book on my kindle, used it as a source and then went to the library to track down page numbers and cited the library edition of the book rather than the kindle edition. It was a royal pain!
Page numbers should be incorporated if for only that reason.
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The example you've used illustrates that page numbers are not ideal for referencing a position within a book.
Your professors would have had to obtain the same edition of the book if they wanted to check your references.
From my observations, it seems that Kindle location numbers refer to the sentences, subject to a minimum number of words per sentence.
I think the best method of referencing a position in a book would be chapter and paragraph number. Using sentence number is a bit too unwieldy especially if the position is in the middle of a long paragraph. A chapter and paragraph number would be independent of the book format (hardback, paperback, ebook, braille) and font size. There could still be differences between editions though.
For me personally I never had to bother with page numbers in pbooks, so kindle's locations or percentage bar don't bother me either.