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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Who cares what each dot stands for? The point is, if I haven't STARTED a book yet, and I'm trying to decide what to read next, I might want to know the relative lengths of them. Am I in the mood for a shorter work, or something quite long?
Yes, the percentage finished is useful after you've started reading. The dots give you info before you start.
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I really do not care what the size of the book is if I want to read it I do. I am a scanner I will read the first chapter or the lead in then I will read the last chapter of the book and scan the chapter in between, before read the whole book. It is something that I was taught to do in reading classes I got in school and college. It first lets me decide if I want to read it, then second it gives me some reference to how fast I can read it and get the information I need. As a computer engineer, and hardware engineer I needed information as fast as I could get it. And most of the time I did not have time to read the whole book or even chapter.
Now that I am retired I can take my time to read what I want to and what I enjoy reading. I my stress levels are so much better.