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Originally Posted by ApK
I see that particular part of the conversation more as analogous to:
"I like rotary dials on phones, so smartphone makers should add them."
"You will be better off learning to adapt to the new ways of using a phone."
Not strawmen or irrelevant at all. Many people have said the specific reason page nums are important to them is so that in class rooms, everyone can be told one page number as they are with paper books today. It was simplly countered that this is not valid because even today different editions of paper books frequently make teachers say things like "page 113, or the middle of chapter three, the paragraph beginning 'Bob said to May...'"
As for wanting it equaly page turns, that's the only way that they would be any more effective or less arbitrary than any other location or progress indication, with the one exception of discounting end matter and forwards and stuff, as you say, and that could be accomplished in ways other than misapplying static artifacts from paper books.
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I'd imagine some of the 'value' is psychological in nature. I mean say you have two books on the same subject. One is 20 pages long and is priced at $2.99 while the other is 50 pages long and is also $2.99. Which one are you more likely to buy? I'd guess the one with more pages. Even though depending on the type/size of font in an ebook the actual # of pages will vary. We tend to see more value in getting more at a given price even if the more is an illusion to some degree.