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Originally Posted by s1mp13m4n
Hello everyone. I have a Kindle 3. I am reading a book and at the bottom opf the display I see the completed % of the book and a location number. Why no page numbers like a real book? My mother has a B&N Nook and we are reading the same book (different format of course) and she has page numbers in her book so she knows where she is in the book. How do I make this happen in a Kindle?
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I'm curious... what do you intend to use the page numbers for? As a software engineer we often have to ask the question, "what problem are you trying to solve?" when somebody asks for a specific solution. The answer to that question often leads to a better solution. I suspect that page numbers are often requested because people want what they're used to, but, consider:
1) Page numbers (screen number) on an ebook reader would be relative to font & margin sizes, so they can't be used to refer to a location in the book when talking to somebody else about a location in the book. Your mom's nook color has different fonts, screen size, etc, so if she told you about something on page 72 it'd be of no meaning to you on your Kindle.
2) Percentage complete is just as useful as "page 50 of 782" for letting you know how much is left (once you get used to the change)
3) The kindle location value will take you directly to the exact spot if you need to refer to a specific piece of text in a class or other similar setting.
I'm not really sure how page numbers would help other than comfort for those of us who grew up with paper books.