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Originally Posted by ApK
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.
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For me, my originial intent this year was to read both ebooks and pbooks, and I've been tracking both books read and pages read. I don't need to know what page I'm on at any given time, just total pages or reasonable equivalent. At this time, for me, tracking pages instead of locations is a more "universal" (?) measurement when sharing my progress with others with whom I discuss books.
For myself, I'm happy with locations, but I got tired of doing the math when updating my progress. Honestly, the Kindle update didn't help me much on its own, because it only works with a pbook equivalent - I can get that info myself. Calibre's new page numbering feature, however, is great for me because it gives me an approximation for books with no paper equivalent.
Additionally, though as I said, I'm happy with locations, there's a part of my brain that is still comfortable with the known system of pages. I don't see that as a bad thing; we still live in a predominately page-based world for the time being. It's like anything new - you use some of the "old" to help you through the transition.