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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
Serious, non-trolling question here: If you accept that page numbers vary by format, exactly what is the "something" they mean to you? If being at page 50 out of 100 on format A = being at page 75 out of 150 on format B, what is the advantage of these arbitrary progress markers over percentages, which would be format-agnostic?
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They give you an indication how long the book is, which percentage doesn't. I've read 5% of what? A novella or an omnibus edition of five novels?