How do Locations work?

romnempire · 07-10-2010, 01:52 PM

I've looked around on the internet for an explanation of how the kindle determines locations. I'm assuming it's an mobi thing, not a kindle thing, but correct me if I'm wrong.

by locations, i mean the numbers at the bottom of the kindle screen, used as 'page numbers', to navigate the book.

Is it a paragraph count? is it a paging issue?

HarryT · 07-10-2010, 02:07 PM

It's a Kindle thing, and is a count of every 128 bytes of the file. ie, a count of 8 for each 1k of file, so a 100k file will have about 800 locations.

romnempire · 07-10-2010, 02:12 PM

hm. i guess that makes locations edition-specific? (though a couple of bytes of difference wouldn't mean much) if it is, then locations are no better than page numbers, and amazon is silly. >_>...

well, thanks.

HarryT · 07-11-2010, 02:16 AM

They are a little better in that they are independent of font size.

07-10-2010, 01:52 PM	#1
romnempire Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2	How do Locations work? I've looked around on the internet for an explanation of how the kindle determines locations. I'm assuming it's an mobi thing, not a kindle thing, but correct me if I'm wrong. by locations, i mean the numbers at the bottom of the kindle screen, used as 'page numbers', to navigate the book. Is it a paragraph count? is it a paging issue?

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07-10-2010, 02:07 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's a Kindle thing, and is a count of every 128 bytes of the file. ie, a count of 8 for each 1k of file, so a 100k file will have about 800 locations.

07-10-2010, 02:12 PM	#3
romnempire Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2	hm. i guess that makes locations edition-specific? (though a couple of bytes of difference wouldn't mean much) if it is, then locations are no better than page numbers, and amazon is silly. >_>... well, thanks.

07-11-2010, 02:16 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	They are a little better in that they are independent of font size.

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