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Originally Posted by leebase
BUT -- man....I'd really like to know "how many pages is this book" to some reasonable standard of the hardback or paperback release of the book.
I'm a reader of thick books...and there was always a since of pride watching the book mark make it's way through the book. I MISS that feeling reading ebooks. One of the few things I miss.
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I must lead a very different (reading) life than everyone else on this board. I read novels for pleasure and have never once felt compelled to go to a paper copy of a book I'm reading to make sure my screen 264 matched identically to the hardback, trade or mass market paperback. Honestly, I just don't get it.
My better half, mother-in-law and I all decided to read Stephen King's Revival. One on a Kindle, one on a Nook and one on a Kobo. And when we would talk about the book, none of us ever said 'oh, remember on page 128?' and suddenly had the conversation collapse into confusion.
If your ereader shows you are on page 750 of 1,500 you are just as in the middle of the book as your paperback that has a bookmark in the middle.
Both e- and paper books may or may not have front or back matter. In a paper book that front and back material might be included in the page count, or it might not. But either way, looking at that bookmark in the middle isn't going to immediately lead to you thinking that due to the appendices, you are actually 64% through the book.