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What exactly is a location
I find it a little confusing. I can tell is has something to do with a part of the current page you are reading but what exactly is it. On some books there are 10 locations per screen...
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It is a byte count into the file, split into 128 byte chunks. It is used to locate bookmarks, highlighting etcetera.
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Gotya. I guess it was too difficult to just keep track of the locations some place else (or behind the scene and use simple page numbers...
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Page numbers wouldn't be consistent since text size can be changed; increasing or decreasing the total number of pages. I believe that's why location are used instead. They remain the same no matter the text size.
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Personally, I would prefer chapter + paragraph notation since it easily translates between editions.
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And what if the book doesn't have a TOC - eg a simple text file?
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Then it could use another method, like a location number. Frankly I'm surprised that each format seems to only have one method available. Why not support multiple methods that appeal to different people and applications?
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Even "paragraph" can be a fuzzy concept, depending on how the book is formatted. Some "paragraphs" could be created by line breaks, or paragraph tags, etc. Jumping to a location is far easier programmatically than trying to calculate where you are in a chapter and paragraphs. Ebooks are more like scrolls than books with physical pages.
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The format is derived from HTML. You can't expect people to reinvent the Mobipocket format after all these years.
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yea gosh darnit its rocket science
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I think the paragraph configuration easily can change between editions. I assume some spelling corrections also can be made between the editions but the error introduced by this will not be acceptable with the current scheme.
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