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Originally Posted by HarryT
I must respectfully disagree. The DRM applied by the "Pottermore" site (watermarking) doesn't "equate to and define a closed ecosystem", does it? "DRM" is not a synonym for "encryption"; encryption is merely one of many, many different methods whereby digital rights can be managed, and it's certainly not true for many of these methods to say that they equate to a close ecosystem.
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I guess tht is something we tend to overlook all too often. You are of course right.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
It depends, of course, what you want to use them for.
Time left to read, or even a simply percentage figure, are both good ways of tracking your progress through a book (and, like you, I find "time remaining" to be very useful).
Where page numbers are essential, though, is for referencing: telling another person at which specific point in a book something can be found. For that, you really do need page numbers.
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I usually do not find it necessary to provide references, but when I do, I find the official recommendations by the various Style Guides to be satisfactory.
