There is a scrollbar at the right side that gives me a very nice indication about how long that "ONE BIG HTML page" is, how much of it fits on a screen and where in the text I am. At this moment I am looking at "ONE BIG HTML page" in a browser. If you change the font size or other option the page number gets updated to "you are on page 250 of 500". Then they display "You are on page 160 of 320". They count how many pages (understand screen-fulls) they need to display the book using current font size, margin size, line space, hyphenation setting, and other format options.
The vast majority of other readers work like this: If you change the font size, the book will grow up our shrink. So, it doesn't make much sense to me the concept of page numbers. The only difference is that instead of scroll up/down, you scroll left/right. And even so, all we are asking for is the option to switch to page numbers. And we have all read enough posts of people complaining to know that Amazon should include the OPTION to display page numbers.įind me one person who honestly prefers 'location' to page numbers. This is just a missing feature from the PW. The kindle app for iOS displays page numbers. Most readers should adapt to using the progress bar or the Location numbers and let go of the antique "printed page" reference which is no accurate measure anyway as there is no consistency in how many words appear on any one printed page. IMHO, #2 is the only reason to use the Kindle page number feature. This is the real reason Amazon added the feature. Referencing the ebook's Location is equally accurate but is not accepted in some scholarly circles. You can quote a page number in the printed edition indicated by the ISBN listed as the ebook's page number source. They provide a method of referencing a point in the book. For newbies who need a page reference to monitor their postion in the book (read: those that haven't adapted to either the progress bar or Location) they provide some guidance as to how large a book is and how much has been read.Ģ. Page numbers in Kindle books serve two purposes:ġ.