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View Poll Results: How important are page numbers in Kindle Books?
Very important - I tend to avoid those books and forget the author 16 8.56%
Nice to have - I use them if they are there 57 30.48%
Not important at all - get over yourself. 114 60.96%
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Old 02-26-2017, 04:18 PM   #256
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What makes a page number different than any other characters you see on the page?
Very small font. I can see how many dots are filled in, but cannot read the page number.
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Old 02-26-2017, 04:20 PM   #257
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It's much smaller!

Although I can't speak for Sydney's Mom, I find that as I've gotten older I have trouble reading the page number/location/time left to read/etc at the bottom of the page in low light. I also have to adjust my font levels up a size when reading at night. I suppose if I ceded to the inevitable and started wearing reading glasses I wouldn't have any trouble seeing those tiny numbers, but I just can't bring myself to go there. In bright indoor light or daylight I have no trouble, so I'm putting off getting reading glasses for the nonce.
This. I only grab the reading glasses when I am trying to thread the needle on the sewing machine.
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Old 02-26-2017, 04:30 PM   #258
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This. I only grab the reading glasses when I am trying to thread the needle on the sewing machine.
Can I recommend a needle threader?
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Old 02-26-2017, 06:33 PM   #259
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OMG, I've done that! (Does it, looks around to see if anyone saw her...)

The other thing I've done is get frustrated, trying to remember a recipe for specific ingredients, and go to search...and then realize, "aw, crap, this is a PRINT book!"

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Recently I did something new to me, prepared a book for printing. I had to keep reminding myself 'You ARE in full control of page layout now...'
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Old 02-27-2017, 04:10 AM   #260
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Another difference is that Jon likes ADE pages better.
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Well there is that.
Patently the decider, lads and ladies! :-) We can archive this thread now; nothing left to discuss, lol.

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Old 02-27-2017, 06:24 PM   #261
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Generic ADE page numbers are basically the same thing as Kindle locations only locations are more specific.
Kindle locations are not anything like page numbers. ADE page numbers are page numbers.
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Old 02-27-2017, 06:36 PM   #262
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Kindle locations are not anything like page numbers. ADE page numbers are page numbers.
Jon:

That is a distinction without a difference, and you know it. You are being deliberately obdurate, sweetie.

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Old 02-28-2017, 03:45 PM   #263
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Kindle locations are not anything like page numbers. ADE page numbers are page numbers.
No they are not. That is total Bio-Syndrome and you know it, we know it, so give the phracking dead horse a break why don't you?
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Old 02-28-2017, 05:32 PM   #264
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Kindle locations are not anything like page numbers. ADE page numbers are page numbers.
Jon:

That is a distinction without a difference, and you know it. You are being deliberately obdurate, sweetie.

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Way back in Post #166 I categorized what I believe are all the different methods of location in a book. ADE and Kindle are what I consider "Byte Methods":

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...97#post3293297

Both are just based on the amount of bytes in source HTML file... the only large difference is ADE = compressed, and Kindle = uncompressed.
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Old 02-28-2017, 05:37 PM   #265
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Way back in Post #166 I categorized what I believe are all the different methods of location in a book. ADE and Kindle are what I consider "Byte Methods":

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...97#post3293297

Both are just based on the amount of bytes in source HTML file... the only large difference is ADE = compressed, and Kindle = uncompressed.
Thanks, Tex.

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Old 02-28-2017, 07:20 PM   #266
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I don't particularly care what method is used. Kindle locations, page numbers, percent complete, ADE "page" numbers, etc. They all work for me and 99% of the time are ignored. I just want to read the book.

For references I wish there was a clear way to provide citations across all formats but I don't see it happening in my lifetime. I suppose we can dream.

And since I feel like being snarky right now, , let's try this:
I like Kindle style locations because they work. They are the same regardless of font size, line height & margins. You make a change to any of those and the locations stay the same. It's also the same regardless of screen size. Kindle locations are even the same across different devices. So IMNSHO, Kindle locations are the best location references for eBooks. Oh and they do not require an extra file.

And maybe this...
Kindle locations are not anything like page numbers. Kindle locations don't have the words "page numbers" in them.
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Old 02-28-2017, 07:50 PM   #267
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And since I feel like being snarky right now, , let's try this:
I like Kindle style locations because they work. They are the same regardless of font size, line height & margins. You make a change to any of those and the locations stay the same. It's also the same regardless of screen size. Kindle locations are even the same across different devices. So IMNSHO, Kindle locations are the best location references for eBooks. Oh and they do not require an extra file.

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Which I believe is also true for epub/ADE page numbers?
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Yes, exactly.
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Which I believe is also true for epub/ADE page numbers?
That's the point. See the two quotes below. JSWolf's came first in the thread.

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I like ADE style page numbers because they work. They are the same regardless of font size, line hight & margins. You make a change to any of those and the page numbers stay the same. It's also the same regardless of screen size. ADE page numbers are even the same across different devices. So IMHO, ADe page numbers are the best page numbers for eBooks. Oh and they do not require an extra file (aka Kindle).
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And since I feel like being snarky right now, , let's try this:
I like Kindle style locations because they work. They are the same regardless of font size, line height & margins. You make a change to any of those and the locations stay the same. It's also the same regardless of screen size. Kindle locations are even the same across different devices. So IMNSHO, Kindle locations are the best location references for eBooks. Oh and they do not require an extra file.

And maybe this...
Kindle locations are not anything like page numbers. Kindle locations don't have the words "page numbers" in them.
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The only time I'm affected by locations is when a customer wants revisions of an eBook job and quotes page numbers. I then have to start guessing...
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