http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/about-ebooks-and-page-numbers/ Linking librarians, publishers and vendors Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/about-ebooks-and-page-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-41255 Timothy Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:33:11 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=3690#comment-41255 This is indeed frustrating. If a publisher is going to produce an eBook version of a book, it should be *identical* in every way to the print version (perhaps with a supplementary line stating that it is an electronic version etc. in the CIP data). Otherwise, the electronic versions are, as you've pointed out, completely uncitable! This is indeed frustrating. If a publisher is going to produce an eBook version of a book, it should be *identical* in every way to the print version (perhaps with a supplementary line stating that it is an electronic version etc. in the CIP data). Otherwise, the electronic versions are, as you’ve pointed out, completely uncitable!

]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/about-ebooks-and-page-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-23592 Leah Hinds Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:06:52 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=3690#comment-23592 Follow up: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-kindle-will-finally-get-page-numbers/ Follow up: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-kindle-will-finally-get-page-numbers/

]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2011/02/about-ebooks-and-page-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-22179 Leah Hinds Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:54:48 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=3690#comment-22179 I have to admit I never even noticed that my Kindle doesn't use page numbers until about a week ago. I got one of those annoying email forwards (which I usually delete, but since this one referenced books I actually participated) that asked you to go to the book closest to you, look at page 56 and write the 5th sentence, then forward blah, blah, blah. Well, the "book" closest to me was my Kindle, but alas I couldn't find page 56 of the book since there were no page numbers. Only a minor annoyance for personal reading, but I can't imagine the mess this is creating on college campuses. Interesting article! I have to admit I never even noticed that my Kindle doesn’t use page numbers until about a week ago. I got one of those annoying email forwards (which I usually delete, but since this one referenced books I actually participated) that asked you to go to the book closest to you, look at page 56 and write the 5th sentence, then forward blah, blah, blah. Well, the “book” closest to me was my Kindle, but alas I couldn’t find page 56 of the book since there were no page numbers. Only a minor annoyance for personal reading, but I can’t imagine the mess this is creating on college campuses. Interesting article!

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