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Old 09-29-2009, 07:21 PM   #30
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This is interesting, I had never considered how optional some of the traditional print book formatting may be on ebooks. I think the options for indexing an ebook can be much more advanced than a paper book, but you can retain chapter info and page info in the meta data to compare against the paper version. In addition you can have better options like hypertext linking between reference pages and the exact phrase on the page, custom page seperators, phrase markers etc.

Software should be able to handle hiding traditional paper page distinctions, and perhaps reading without those page seperators might mean a nicer reading experience. Sure it's non-traditional, we are all used to pages but it could be better with that kind of meta data optional/hidden.
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