I would like to see the page numbers in there as w...

2012-01-25T14:21:37.255-06:00

I would like to see the page numbers in there as well. I have noticed they now give a rough page count for some novels that are only in e-book format, but not all of them. I wish there was a spot where the author or publisher could upload the page count themselves. Or just the word count of the book, which could then be put into a forumla to figure out a basic page count.

As far as getting lost in a huge book, I love that as well. I've never understood people who say something was really good but too long (well, sometimes I understand it). For me, if it's really good, that means I never want it to end. The Stand and It are two to name some from Stephen King that I never wanted to end. I enjoyed Under the Dome as well, but it did feel heavy in some spots. It also broke my toe when I dropped it, but of course that isn't the kind of heavy I'm talking about.

One of my major qualms with the Kindle is that it ...

2012-01-25T11:57:56.083-06:00

One of my major qualms with the Kindle is that it doesn't show you the page count, but rather it tells you a "location number" (whatever that means) and a percentage, but that doesn't really translate. I wish they would give us what the page count would be if it were in printed format.

Regarding my preference for page count, it all depends on the story. To use Stephen King as a reference, some books require a massive page count, such as The Stand, where as others should have been scaled back a bit, such as Under the Dome. I do love to get lost in a giant tome of a book, so long as the story can sustain it.

--J/Metro

Comments on William Malmborg: Does The E-book Crowd Prefer Shorter Books?

I would like to see the page numbers in there as w...

One of my major qualms with the Kindle is that it ...