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Originally Posted by HarryT
A reference to "Page 11" is fine - that will be the same on every reading device.
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Every reading device that uses ADE, and only as long as everyone uses the ePUB version. A page reference will be useless to a reader using Calibre as a viewer, or with the Mobipocket version of the book. Pages are already a weak reference system with paperbooks (they don't work across different editions, translations, binding...), no need to use them with ebooks, especially when ebooks can be easily searched!
Page numbers are good for one's own use, for estimating a book's length, for movig around... but not for passing references.
PS. Note that with the page numbers in the margins, you still don't know the exact word where the page changes, so you have the same problem
