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Originally Posted by Jellby
I agree they have no place when the text is a continuous flow that is scrolled, as in most webpages. But in current eBook (eInk) readers, the text is shown one "page" at a time, so it makes as much sense to have page numbers as in paper books.
Sure, the page numbers can change among devices or as one changes the settings in a single device... but page numbers also change from paperback to hardcover, from illustrated to commented editions, from the original to translations... So page numbers are sometimes not that useful in paper books. Even for estimating how much of the book has been read, one has physical size in paper books.
I say that, as long as the text is displayed in "pages", one may wish to have page numbers, for whatever reason. Even for (informal) referencing, saying "page 217 of 582" is probably more useful than "about one third of the book".
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However, text
isn't displayed on e-ink readers as distinct pages. Nope, it's more like the text and images are displayed as one giant scroll of paper, but you're only being allowed to view it through a porthole that jumps ahead X lines at a time. (X being determined by the font family and font size selected.)
Derek