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Originally Posted by JKenP
To me it makes as much sense to ignore page counts and show percentages. I'd much rather know I have read 10% of the book. ...
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When a reading device/app displays any form of page count (its own proprietary method, ADE clone, or simply "screens" at the current display config) it isn't giving me the information that I usually want. It is extremely rare that I need to manually sync my position with another reader/app that uses identical pagination.
I use this info to get a feel of where I am in the book. If percentage is displayed, preferable with a progress bar, I get the desired info directly. If a numeric page position is given, I have to do the math comparing my position with the total (hopefully that is also displayed!).
There are no true pages in ebooks, period. Any reference to pages is either a faux "page", a screen count, or a reference to one specific print edition. In a perfect world, a reader/app would give the user a choice in prefs to choose between percentage, this app's legacy paging, ADE compliant paging, a custom word or character per page option along, a reference to a specific print edition if one exists, and perhaps a Kindle-like Location value along with options for how and when this info is displayed. This isn't a perfect world so you choose your reader/app and live with its progress information.