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Originally Posted by jabberwock_11
I like to keep an accurate track of my progress. I work two jobs, have a two year old daughter, a dog, and take some courses when I have the time/money...so my time is limited and I find that if I set limits or goals for my self in regards to pages read then I can better regulate my time, also it is easier for me to asses my place in a book via page numbers (as opposed to %).
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Have you tried using the more precise and accurate locations instead?
Their primary downside (beside their initial unfamiliarity) is they will usually have more digits than page numbers.
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at least with all of the page numberings that I have seen on the kindle books, thus far, one page turn equals one page.
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Sheer coincidence based on your font and line spacing choice and typography of the print editions of the books you've seen so far, i can assure you. But it'll usually be a lot fewer clicks than percentages, true.
And I don't want any one to misunderstand, I have no issue with the feature, I'm asking because I'm trying to understand if there is some practical and objective use for the page numbers feature that I'm not understanding.
I understand the academic citation issue (though I think that convention will change as ebooks get more pervasive) and I hear the book club issue raised, but I'm not buying that one. Really, book-clubbers, you already deal with different editions of a book with different numbering, and honestly, how often do you cite page numbers?