E-Reader Page Numbers - Page 2

Purple Lady · 02-19-2015, 05:47 PM

I need to know the page number I am on and also how many pages are in the chapter. This is so I can know if I have time to finish reading a chapter or if I will have time to start a new chapter.

For those that don't want to know what page they're on or how soon a book or chapter will end, I guess you have unlimited reading time? I can only dream of that situation...

pidgeon92 · 02-19-2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

For those that don't want to know what page they're on or how soon a book or chapter will end, I guess you have unlimited reading time? I can only dream of that situation...

But my Kindle gives me the time left in a chapter, and it's surprisingly accurate.

Beyond that, I don't necessarily need the chapter to end to stop a reading session.

DiapDealer · 02-19-2015, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

For those that don't want to know what page they're on or how soon a book or chapter will end, I guess you have unlimited reading time? I can only dream of that situation...

How on earth does that play into it?? I've just never felt the need to read in whole chapter/section installments only. I stop where I stop.

PeterT · 02-19-2015, 06:15 PM

I also stop wherever and whenever I please.

Alpha o · 02-19-2015, 06:42 PM

It's dumb having that. What if you have read the book before? I've got books that I've read at least 10 times. I know what's coming and where I am. I just enjoy the book.

I've got all those extras turned off, but percentage, time and the rest are still sitting on the book.

Purple Lady · 02-19-2015, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

How on earth does that play into it?? I've just never felt the need to read in whole chapter/section installments only. I stop where I stop.

I don't want to stop in the middle of a scene, but it plays into it when I would like to keep reading but should stop to cook dinner or go to bed. It's easier to stop at the end of a chapter especially when each chapter is about a specific character or time. If I start a new chapter I need to know what's going on for that particular person or time.

Purple Lady · 02-19-2015, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpha o

It's dumb having that. What if you have read the book before? I've got books that I've read at least 10 times. I know what's coming and where I am. I just enjoy the book.

I've got all those extras turned off, but percentage, time and the rest are still sitting on the book.

Even if I've read the book before, I still forget a lot.

DiapDealer · 02-19-2015, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I don't want to stop in the middle of a scene, but it plays into it when I would like to keep reading but should stop to cook dinner or go to bed. It's easier to stop at the end of a chapter especially when each chapter is about a specific character or time. If I start a new chapter I need to know what's going on for that particular person or time.

I understand all that. And I'm perfectly fine with you wanting to read that way. It was your assumption that anybody who didn't want/need page-numbers or time-left must have unlimited reading time that I found a bit weird.

Purple Lady · 02-19-2015, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I understand all that. And I'm perfectly fine with you wanting to read that way. It was your assumption that anybody who didn't want/need page-numbers or time-left must have unlimited reading time that I found a bit weird.

Sorry, it wasn't an assumption, just a wrong guess.

Purple Lady · 02-19-2015, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I understand all that. And I'm perfectly fine with you wanting to read that way. It was your assumption that anybody who didn't want/need page-numbers or time-left must have unlimited reading time that I found a bit weird.

So if you're right in the middle of some exciting action, you can just stop reading? I don't have that kind of self control when it comes to reading.

DiapDealer · 02-19-2015, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

Sorry, it wasn't an assumption, just a wrong guess.

No problem. I just wasn't getting the connection between seeing page numbers and having unlimited reading time.

DiapDealer · 02-19-2015, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

So if you're right in the middle of some exciting action, you can just stop reading?

Probably not. But that's neither here nor there. I never said I don't look for a convenient or sensible place to stop ... I just don't feel any need to stop/start at a chapter-break. I stop where I want.

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I don't have that kind of self control when it comes to reading.

No self-control involved. At least no more than it takes for you to keep yourself from diving right into the next chapter anyway.

Purple Lady · 02-19-2015, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Probably not. But that's neither here nor there. I never said I don't look for a convenient or sensible place to stop ... I just don't feel any need to stop/start at a chapter-break. I stop where I want.

No self-control involved. At least no more than it takes for you to keep yourself from diving right into the next chapter anyway.

Sometimes it's not lack of self control that has me diving right into the next chapter, I'm so engrossed that I forget I have other things I need to do. Even when I have just told myself I would stop at the previous chapter I somehow seem to forget.

Apache · 02-19-2015, 08:57 PM

For me it is just like pausing a movie. I can start back up where I left off, even iff it is in the middle of an action scene.
Apache

Geralt · 02-20-2015, 03:17 AM

To the OP's question, I would find a page number in the middle of the page quite distracting. I don't like it, it looks clunky.
As to the problem of pages, I don't have one. Each book I buy I download and load into Calibre. I have set up a custom column #pages# so I write down the number of pages in it from the edition I want from Goodreads.
For example I downloaded Barsoom omnibus from MR, then I've split it with epubsplit and for the first book "A Princes of Mars" I've typed in this edition number
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...incess_of_Mars

So now my book shows 160 pages on paperwhite. It might be straightforward and simple but it works for me. I just type in the page number I want. I don't use Estimate page count or Download page count, because I don't see the reason to do so.
When I read an ebook I always update my goodreads with page number. It might not perfectly correspond to paperpack but it works for me, 1 page or 2 difference, don't matter to me. I dislike percentage updates/way of tracking, but I find time left in chapter useful.

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02-19-2015, 05:47 PM	#16
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	I need to know the page number I am on and also how many pages are in the chapter. This is so I can know if I have time to finish reading a chapter or if I will have time to start a new chapter. For those that don't want to know what page they're on or how soon a book or chapter will end, I guess you have unlimited reading time? I can only dream of that situation...

02-19-2015, 06:15 PM	#19
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I also stop wherever and whenever I please.

02-19-2015, 06:42 PM	#20
Alpha o Addict Posts: 282 Karma: 2603524 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Onyx Boox Darwin, inkBOOK Obsidian	It's dumb having that. What if you have read the book before? I've got books that I've read at least 10 times. I know what's coming and where I am. I just enjoy the book. I've got all those extras turned off, but percentage, time and the rest are still sitting on the book.

02-19-2015, 08:57 PM	#29
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,277 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	For me it is just like pausing a movie. I can start back up where I left off, even iff it is in the middle of an action scene. Apache

02-20-2015, 03:17 AM	#30
Geralt Witcher Posts: 933 Karma: 7321117 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swamp. Slaying Drowners. Device: Kindle PW2	To the OP's question, I would find a page number in the middle of the page quite distracting. I don't like it, it looks clunky. As to the problem of pages, I don't have one. Each book I buy I download and load into Calibre. I have set up a custom column #pages# so I write down the number of pages in it from the edition I want from Goodreads. For example I downloaded Barsoom omnibus from MR, then I've split it with epubsplit and for the first book "A Princes of Mars" I've typed in this edition number https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...incess_of_Mars So now my book shows 160 pages on paperwhite. It might be straightforward and simple but it works for me. I just type in the page number I want. I don't use Estimate page count or Download page count, because I don't see the reason to do so. When I read an ebook I always update my goodreads with page number. It might not perfectly correspond to paperpack but it works for me, 1 page or 2 difference, don't matter to me. I dislike percentage updates/way of tracking, but I find time left in chapter useful.

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