My Kindle gives page numbers (and percentages, etc), but they're Kindle pages and don't necessarily correspond to any print version.
If the page numbers you're looking at actually say "Page 241" rather than "Location 2348," then they do indeed correspond to a print version, at least for books actually purchased in the store. (Some of the ones I've converted seem to have made-up page numbers for some reason) Apparently, you can see the ISBN of the edition the page numbers are designed to match in the e-book's description.
I don't think it's absolutely perfect; it may be a mathematical estimate, where it basically says "the print edition has 536 pages and they're 50% of the way through, so they must be on page 268" when really you would be on 267 or 269, but it's definitely a close estimate.
I actually prefer the locations and the description, too, unless I'm trying to match it to a printed edition.
I saw a favorable review of a new-ish collection of short stories by Maureen McHugh (she wrote China Mountain Zhang). It's called After the Apocalypse (that word gets used a lot here, doesn't it?).
I read by chunks, paragraphs at a time, and then I have to skim back sometimes if I've managed to miss something important. I read really fast and have good comprehension, though, in general.
And I do miss the tactile thing of paper books where I kinda gauge the denouement by how thick the bit in my right hand is. Which is a problem for things like Pratchett where they give a sample of the next book at the end of the current book. But obvs, that's something I can't do on the Nook at all.
What I wish is that they used the graphic of the cover of the book I'm currently reading as the screensaver. That would bring me back to it more quickly than the way I use it now.
that word gets used a lot here, doesn't it?
As Buffy noted, she needed a plural for "apocalypse."
the story, if it's a good one*, just starts to happen around me, and the pages disappear. When I'm finished, I can quote from the text and seem to have most of the story in my head. (*some stories, my eyes just slide right the hell off, and I can't finish them at ALL. And some I feel the urge to take a red pen to instead of reading.)
Does anyone else read like that?
That's pretty much exactly how I read.
I read by chunks, paragraphs at a time, and then I have to skim back sometimes if I've managed to miss something important. I read really fast and have good comprehension, though, in general.
This is me. And he idea of the current book cover as screensaver is awesome!! I wish I could do that.
Stupidly, that's one thing I don't love about the Kindle Fire. The screensavers are all sort of cool, but I'd love to have my own on there.
I used to have my own screensavers on my Nook, but then I had it replaced and I fell behind. It's dodgy because it's B&W, so I have to watch for conversion quality, but thanks for reminding me.
I'm pretty sure someone has worked out how to hack the screensavers on the Kindles, especially the new ones. Though the book cover idea is *sweet*. Someone should work on that...
I still need to get a micro USB to sideload stuff, because my phone cord won't work, and I don't have anything else that fits.
That's also how I read, the immersion...except not totally, because when I want to go back and look at a passage again, I remember where it was on the page (upper right, second para down on left page, etc). Kindle, and Kindle for iPad, BITES for that. The pagination flows differently as you move forward and backward.
I've started habitually checking the progress slider, also.
