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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Most people want page numbers. Because of this, Amazon added page numbers to Kindle eBooks. Page numbers do not have to be tied to some pBook version's page numbers. But page numbers do need to be constant so they do not change when you change settings (font, font size, line spacing, paragraph spacing, margins, etc.) and ADE page number do this. So that's why they are the best choice for eBook page numbers.
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Well, I'm not sure where you got the idea that "Most people want page numbers". Even if there are valid numbers to back them up, I seriously doubt they said "We want ADE page numbers" specifically. I think the rest of that paragraph is your opinion, which is fine. As I said before, I don't care either way. I'm just tired of seeing this topic show up in every. freekin. thread.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The number of screens until the end of the chapter do work as they do what they are meant to do. But there are no other page numbers to show how much you have left. A % doesn't work. You don't know how long you have left if you are 40% into the book. Besides, 40% of one book is not the same as 40% of another book.
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I mentioned the % left thing as what I, personally, look at...remember the part about I don't care about page numbers. However, all you need to do is go to settings to select how you want Marvin to show you how many pages you've read, or how many pages are left, or how many pages total, etc. There are many options.
Attached is a screenshot - notice the page numbers at the bottom. Pages read of pages total is how I set up that one. Yes it is only pages of that chapter because it's quite pointless (and time consuming) to calculate that number for chapters that aren't open yet. If you want an idea of how far till the end of the book look at the progress bar just under the page numbers. The exact number of pages remaining in the book really doesn't mean anything until you're on the last chapter anyway.
Percentage is exactly right for every book... If I've read 40%, then I have 60% left to go...or 1.5 times what I've already read. How many screen flips is that?? Who Cares?!?! It all depends on my rendering settings...or even if I have auto-scroll enabled....
I don't really care about comparing books either. I don't judge my reading prowess because I've read a book with 15000 pages or 150 pages... And if you are really set on comparing two books, then just look at the word count which Marvin provides. A book with 100,000 words is bigger than a book with 50,000 words in exactly the same way that a book with 1000 pages is bigger than a book with 500 pages.
Cheers,