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Originally Posted by Hitch
- An instructor in a course that will have people with both e- and print books, wants to be able to say "this week's coursework is from page X to Y."
- We have an index, and want to be able to go directly to that page.
- Now I'm out of reasons.
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The third reason (and it should really be the first) is that writers of Serious Books might want to quote you, and the citation really should work both on the print edition and the digital one. It's absurd and somewhat embarrassing to have to put "location 3543". (I usually just grit my teeth and cite by chapter, but that wouldn't work in
À la recherche du temps perdu, would it?)
It's not just academic works that get quoted! A couple years ago I published a book that cited among other things
The New Yorker, a 17th century troubador song (from the internet), and the Polish historical novel
Potop ("The Deluge").
RPNs are wonderful. (If only they were easy.)