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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I can see where you are coming from. But then I wonder how many readers of ebooks read across devices? I would gamble that the vast majority that do aren't reading sideloaded books.
If you purchase a book from Kobo, read it on your reader (with wifi turned on) and occasionally read the same book in your app on the phone or your second Kobo reader, your reading position should sync.
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Except that it doesn't, frequently, as I indicated in my comment. Just this morning, I picked up my downstairs reader and opened it, and it didn't sync to where I left off with my nightstand reader. Both devices always have WiFi on; both are on the same network.
Sideloaded epubs aren't the problem, as they still use ADE page numbers so they're consistent across devices.
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I'm also better at estimating time left. And one screen=one page makes it easier for me.
When I'm reading on my Nook and the slider says I have fifteen pages to go, as a user it's really more like 20-25. But I don't know precisely how many pages are left. When Kobo says I have fifteen pages to go, I have fifteen pages to go.
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Except a screen is not a page
as a fixed entity, as it needs to be for both navigation across devices and for time estimates. When I make a font bigger or smaller while reading, the page numbers change. When I switch to a larger or smaller device, the page numbers change. And I'll do both in the course of reading a book. I know approximately how long an ADE page takes me to read, as an ADE page is a constant. The shifting Kobo pages? How the heck can I know?
For someone who reads on one device and never changes font size, your method works. For anyone else, it's a killer.