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Prospect · 04-01-2008, 03:57 PM

Harry,
Many books have a structure that is helpful for making references, but this is not the case for all books. Further, this kind of references is generally less precise and more wordy to use than simple page numbers. That is the reason page numbers are used in scientific and legal papers.

IMHO page numbering is one of the great features of the paper paradigm that should be kept (in an abstract form) in epublishing, at least until someone comes up with something better.

04-01-2008, 03:57 PM	#10
Prospect Other Posts: 143 Karma: 644 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norway Device: Cybook, Kindle	Harry, Many books have a structure that is helpful for making references, but this is not the case for all books. Further, this kind of references is generally less precise and more wordy to use than simple page numbers. That is the reason page numbers are used in scientific and legal papers. IMHO page numbering is one of the great features of the paper paradigm that should be kept (in an abstract form) in epublishing, at least until someone comes up with something better. Last edited by Prospect; 04-01-2008 at 06:27 PM. Reason: typos