Page Numbers? (Need for citations)!

pastorjamie · 12-27-2013, 04:16 PM

Is there any way to get real page numbers for books in the Marvin app?

fireland · 12-27-2013, 06:15 PM

According to the MLA Style (Modern Language Association), you need to cite ebooks by chapter since pagination varies from reader to reader and font selection, etc. If there is a subheading within a chapter, you can include this as well. Hope this helps.

At_Libitum · 12-27-2013, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pastorjamie

Is there any way to get real page numbers for books in the Marvin app?

Another option would be the Calibre internal viewer in reference mode. It then lists paragraph number count when hovering a paragraph

kguil · 12-30-2013, 10:47 AM

@pastorjamie - I'm looking in to page numbering (ADE style). I still don't have a timeline for it though.

Quexos · 01-01-2014, 12:11 AM

Well at least you got the percentage read bar at the bottom so you know how far you are in your books. But I would welcome a total amount of pages in my books

rfog · 01-03-2014, 05:50 AM

Wy not word position?

I know a formal citation needs page and book edition, but that was in dead-tree era. What easy will be cite the start position showing the word number.

Marvin has word count if you manually select the option in book properties.

I think the best way to know the size of a book is know how many words it has. Pages are confusing because sometimes editors fake them. For example, the book "El asedio" from Pérez-Reverte has more than 700 pages... with a very big font and even more big margins to make a big book from a little one (about 250 "standard" pages).

Even Amazon's "locations" can be confusing.

Not talking if you are going to verify a "classic" citation and you have another edition with different paging. Of course that cannot be avoided in paper books, but we can create a good new citation standard for electronic ebooks, avoiding the ADE way to count pages.

fireland · 01-03-2014, 07:18 AM

For a bit more on MLA style, check this:

http://www.mla.org/style/style_faq/m..._cite_an_ebook

Other styles surely have their own web info.

12-27-2013, 04:16 PM	#1
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12-27-2013, 06:15 PM	#2
fireland Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Device: iPad3, iPad mini, iPhone 4S	According to the MLA Style (Modern Language Association), you need to cite ebooks by chapter since pagination varies from reader to reader and font selection, etc. If there is a subheading within a chapter, you can include this as well. Hope this helps.

12-30-2013, 10:47 AM	#4
kguil Addict Posts: 1,215 Karma: 1836966 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iOS	@pastorjamie - I'm looking in to page numbering (ADE style). I still don't have a timeline for it though.

01-01-2014, 12:11 AM	#5
Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	Well at least you got the percentage read bar at the bottom so you know how far you are in your books. But I would welcome a total amount of pages in my books

01-03-2014, 05:50 AM	#6
rfog Guru Posts: 694 Karma: 2383012 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Schiedam (The Netherlands) Device: Lots of eInk devices and iOS stuff	Wy not word position? I know a formal citation needs page and book edition, but that was in dead-tree era. What easy will be cite the start position showing the word number. Marvin has word count if you manually select the option in book properties. I think the best way to know the size of a book is know how many words it has. Pages are confusing because sometimes editors fake them. For example, the book "El asedio" from Pérez-Reverte has more than 700 pages... with a very big font and even more big margins to make a big book from a little one (about 250 "standard" pages). Even Amazon's "locations" can be confusing. Not talking if you are going to verify a "classic" citation and you have another edition with different paging. Of course that cannot be avoided in paper books, but we can create a good new citation standard for electronic ebooks, avoiding the ADE way to count pages.

01-03-2014, 07:18 AM	#7
fireland Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Device: iPad3, iPad mini, iPhone 4S	For a bit more on MLA style, check this: http://www.mla.org/style/style_faq/m..._cite_an_ebook Other styles surely have their own web info.

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