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Originally Posted by HarryT
Which I answered very clearly in post #2 - "no". Given that this question has been put to bed we can now discuss more interesting philosophical matters such as "do page numbers have any meaning in an eBook"  . |
I don't know about the Kindle Touch, but the Kindle Paperwhite 1 *can* do it, and some of the functionality of the KPW1 has been backported to the Touch. I don't remember which functions, however. Maybe by upgrading the firmware, the touch will gain this function, replace the location with page numbers.
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With regard to usefulness of the page numbers: they are useful to me. I've counted the number of characters on a page, in several paperbacks, and came to the conclusion that, in mine, the average was 2100 characters (2400 if I only use Del Rey paperbacks from the 90's).
Thus, I have Count Pages set to 2100 characters, and the page numbers are in the same ballpark as the ones for the paperback version; by +/- 10% or so. If the paperback is about 350 pages, Count Pages will normally count something like 315-385 pages.
I use a plugboard to append the page number to the title, when uploading a book to the reader. Having the page number behind the title gives me a way of accurately determine how long it will take me to read a book; sometimes I'm just NOT in the mood to start a 1000 page long book. One reason can be that I don't have a lot of time, and the book would take way too long read; then I'd rather read something light, like 250 pages, or a book containing short stories.
I don't really mind what page numbering scheme the reader uses. If the reader can use the pages as set by Count Pages (the KPW1 can), then I use page numbers; if the reader can't, I use percentage. If the reader displays "20% read", I know I'm at around page 70 of a 350 page book. Knowing I have 280 pages to go, gives me a more accurate way to determine how far along I am in the book, as compared to knowing that I still have 80% to read. (80% of what; 10 pages? 20.000?)
So yeah, page numbers are quite useful to me, even in an e-book, if only for comparison purposes. I like them better than locations, because they normally don't go into the tens of thousands, except when reading Delphi Classics in one piece.