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Originally Posted by dhbailey
I know that about the "flipping pages" technique, but it's still no substitute for knowing that if you open the book to about 1/5th from the back you'll get to the section you're looking for.
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That is true - when you read the print book, the relative location of what you read tends to imprint in your mind much easier, so you know if it's roughly 1/5 or 1/2 into.
With ebooks I once or twice tried to imagine them as a stack of 700 screens and I still could not remember more than a much rougher approximation, but the good part is that fast flipping with finger scroll + ability to read the page and keep the scroll on, makes it much easier to find the place you want, though again I agree the print book is still easier to navigate.
Whatever we say, print books have some very clear advantages over e, while e advantages for now - search, multiple books on one reader and ability to read in the dark are less important