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Originally Posted by Pinecone
What needs to be done is to move from page numbers and start labeling acedemic texts with outline numbering, so you can refer to specific paragraphs.
Time to move into the digital age.
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I agree that outline numbering is good for academic texts. Among its advantages is that it allows you to precisely locate the text you're looking for. It's also an already-existing and understood standard.
When it comes to traditional books, I think a better way to handle it is to use a percentage number, one that can be fine tuned based on the length of the text. Short ebooks might use full percentage numbers, while longer ebooks might add a few decimal places to allow precise location.
Regardless of the adjustments made to the text on the ebook reader (such as making the text larger), the percentage numbers should remain roughly the same. Plus, it doesn't have to be implemented within the ebook itself, it can be taken care of by the ereader itself.
It breaks away from the page paradigm that isn't as usable with books where the page length can vary based on a number of factors. Also, percentage is something that is easily understood and independent of specific ebook formatting.