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Originally Posted by Lemurion
That's one thing I like about my Sony 505 - if I'm reading a book in LRF format, page numbers do correspond to screens of text - and yes, it changes depending on font size.
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This also works with plain text and RTF on the Sony 505. When it comes to page numbering, I prefer it to refer to pages of text.
Since page reformatting has such an effect on the length of an ebook, I think a better way to indicate a position in an ebook is to use a percentage number, taken to two decimal places. Regardess of the way the ebook is formatted, the percentage number indicates the position of the top line on the page. As an example, "75.35%" would indicate that the top line on the screen is roughly three-quarters of the way through the ebook.
The advantage of using a percentage figure is that it is easily understood, and allows you to access the same point on the ebook between various ereader. It can also be calculated independent of the specific ebook format.