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sirmaru · 10-02-2010, 05:19 PM

This is the second thread I've seen here on locations. A lot of folks object to them.

Their solution is easy: return the Amazon Kindle WiFi within 30 days for a no questions asked refund. Why complain, just send it back.

Personally, I find locations far more accurate than pages in a pBook. They get you to the EXACT WORD you've last read. Pages numbers cannot do that.

In addition, locations project an exact percentage of the book read at that location. That helps in guaging one's progress in a book.

If any universities choose to make Kindles the standard eReader for their students, then citing book titles and locations is the most EXACT way to show their sources. If they still use pBooks, then Kindles should not be used in those universities as textbooks.

I used to use a Sony PRS-900 for reading eBooks. They use page numbers corresponding to the pBook page numbers. However, one page number can refer to as many as TEN SCREENS of print. Placing bookmarks that way does NOT get you to where you left off in the book. It is especially misreading if one uses their eReader and the PC application.

In contrast the Kindle locations are SYNCED from PC application to eReader. One always gets to the EXACT WORD where one left off if using a bookmark.

10-02-2010, 05:19 PM	#26
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Second thread on locations This is the second thread I've seen here on locations. A lot of folks object to them. Their solution is easy: return the Amazon Kindle WiFi within 30 days for a no questions asked refund. Why complain, just send it back. Personally, I find locations far more accurate than pages in a pBook. They get you to the EXACT WORD you've last read. Pages numbers cannot do that. In addition, locations project an exact percentage of the book read at that location. That helps in guaging one's progress in a book. If any universities choose to make Kindles the standard eReader for their students, then citing book titles and locations is the most EXACT way to show their sources. If they still use pBooks, then Kindles should not be used in those universities as textbooks. I used to use a Sony PRS-900 for reading eBooks. They use page numbers corresponding to the pBook page numbers. However, one page number can refer to as many as TEN SCREENS of print. Placing bookmarks that way does NOT get you to where you left off in the book. It is especially misreading if one uses their eReader and the PC application. In contrast the Kindle locations are SYNCED from PC application to eReader. One always gets to the EXACT WORD where one left off if using a bookmark. Last edited by sirmaru; 10-02-2010 at 05:22 PM.