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Originally Posted by a_str8
My problem with locations (and I think this may be at the heart of other people's complaints too) is that the units they picked are so arbiitrary. If they based the unit on the average amount of characters on a hardcover or paperback page, locations would be far easier to understand.
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While I don't remember the specifics, it is not arbitrary. But it is not based in any way on a physical copy of the book.
Regardless, I too used to to not like the locations and wished for page numbers (maybe I still do...), but all I do is take the location and drop the last digit (basically divide by 10) and that gives me a close enough page number equivalent.
The main reason I liked page numbers was so I had an idea as to how 'big' this book is compared to past books I've read. And of course so you have an idea of how much further you have to go in a given book.
Locations give me this info just fine - and more consistently than a page number would, as locations are not font/page size specific.