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Old 11-07-2019, 12:58 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Access (the KePub renderer) used a similar page number style to ADE. It just used a different number of compressed bytes to represent a page.
No it didn't. The kepub full-book page numbering was 320 words per page.
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Now Kobo have changed the page numbers to be 1 page = 1 screen. So that totally changes the page numbers and they don't mean much of anything.
Except that it is exactly what happens when you read a paper book. Each sheet of paper is a page. Turning one of those sheets of paper changes the page number. Now, each screen full of words is a page. "Turning" one of these changes the page number. That is what people are used and expect when they use these devices.

I believe there have been a lot more, "Why doesn't the page number change when I turn the page?" questions than any other sort of question about pages numbers in ebooks. The next closest is probably "Why doesn't the page numbers match the paper book?" And using per-screen page numbering solves a lot more problems that the other methods. It lets the reader easily see where they are in the book and how much is left. And, as I'm pretty sure that most people use the same size font when reading fiction (the adjustment is used to compensate for formatting in the book), they will quickly learn how long it takes to read these pages. And they will get a more consistent answer than they ever did with paper books as even for mass-market paperbacks, the page size and word density changed between books.

The only problem that the per-screen page numbering doesn't solve it getting to the same location in another device or edition of the book. And to use ADE numbers requires the same edition (without any repacking or other fiddling) and a device/app that supports ADE page numbers. Which means it is useless for finding the page in a paper book. Or a Kindle.
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