Thread: Firmware Update Kindle adds Page Numbers (and more)
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Old 02-16-2011, 12:50 PM   #190
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Originally Posted by DMSmillie View Post
Heh... I'd agree totally with that - the percentage is far too imprecise to use as a citation.

That's not the case with location numbers though - they identify exactly the point in the book that corresponds with the cited text. Yes, only if you look up the reference using a Kindle, but the same applies to a citation referring to a page number in the second paperback edition - one wouldn't expect that to be an exact match with the first edition, hard cover version.
True, but to be effective as a citation tool they must first become standardized across platforms. I don't see that happening any time soon, if at all. If all the world read Kindles, that would work fine.
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