“I want to reference some pages from the ebooks I read on my kindle, but I won’t be able to because there is no kindle page number listed on the screen. Instead, I only see the page location number, time to read and the progressing bar. ”
- Amazon must have heard the martini-fueled whining of Wired.com New York Bureau Chief John C Abell, for it is finally adding real page numbers to Kindle Books through a firmware update (v3.1).
- Some books don't have page numbers. I have Kindle app version 1.26.1 and it shows page number and location (at the same time) in the bar at the bottom of the screen. In case that's some old version you can't get anymore, you could always download an Android Emulator and install the Kindle app on there (I've successfully used BlueStacks emulator).
It is frustrated when you want to cite the book or share the real pages with your friend, you cannot even tell them what kindle page number you are on. So today, I will teach you how to show kindle page numbers and share common knowledge of Amazon Kindle page numbers.
They don’t, not in any direct way. Locations are designed to be a stable reference to text position, one that does not change when the font or layout changes; they serve the purpose of page numbers for e-books that don’t have them. If you are using Kindle for pc or mac, things will be much easier. Step 1 Just open any book in your kindle library. At the top tool bar, click on “Go to” and select “Page or Location” from the drop-downlist. Step 2 In the pop up window, choose “Page” and fill in number, then click on “Go”.
Part 1. What’s the Difference of Kindle Location Number and Kindle Page Number?
What is Kindle location numbers?
Location numbers are specific to each line of text. Since there are many kindle devices with different screen sizes and you may also change the text size on different devices, you will be able to locate the exact place with the location number. It is the most accurate way for you to track your reading progress on different devices.
What is Kindle page numbers?
Kindle page numbers are the equivalent page numbers on the printed book if your kindle ebook include page numbers. Please note: not all kindle books have kindle page numbers. It is easy for you to find a particular passage you are reading in printed book with kindle page numbers.
Part 2. How to Show Kindle Page Number on Kindle/Kindle Fire/Kindle App
Video guide first
By default, your kindle will not show kindle page numbers but only location numbers. But how to make kindle show kindle page number instead of location? Keep reading. I will guide you to change kindle location to page step-by-step on Kindle eink devices, kindle fire and kindle app.
Question: How to know is your kindle book has paper-equivalent page number or not?
1. You can check whether your ebook has real page number at the ebook product page like this:
2. Or if you only have kindle at your hand, you also know it as below:
Kindle eink device: how to show kindle page number on Kindle paperwhite/oasis/voyage?
I will take kindle Oasis as an example to show you how to display kindle page number on Kindle.
Step 1 Open the Kindle book at your Kindle.
Step 2 Tap the top part of your kindle device, the menu bar will appear. Tap “PAGE DISPLAY”—>>“Font & Page settings”.
Step 3 In the pop up page, press “READING”and then select “Page in Book” option. All done. This time, When you go back to read this book, you will see page number instead of location number.
Kindle Fire: how to show kindle page number on Kindle Fire?
It will be slightly different on Kindle fire to show kindle page numbers instead of location.
Step 1 Open the Kindle book at your Kindle fire and tap the top of Kindle fire to display the tool bar.
Step 2 At the top right corner, tap the menu bar and the basic information of this book will show at the below picture. Tap “Go to”.
Step 3 You will see a pop up window. Just fill in any number and then press “PAGE”.
You will go to the corresponding page of this book. This book will show kindle book page numbers instead of location.
Kindle App(Kindle for PC/MAC): how to show page numbers on kindle app
If you are using Kindle for pc or mac, things will be much easier.
Step 1 Just open any book in your kindle library. At the top tool bar, click on “Go to” and select “Page or Location” from the drop-downlist.
Step 2 In the pop up window, choose “Page” and fill in number, then click on “Go”.
Step 3 This book will show page number from now one. You can also see the location number besides page number as the following picture.
Q1: Why doesn't my Kindle book have real page numbers?
A: It is not Amazon to decide whether your kindle book have real pages number, but publishers. Amazon has given the publishers an option to include page numbers from a particular paper edition with their Kindle e-book.
Q2: Which kindle firmware support this feature?
A: From Kindle firmware version 3.1, you will be able to see the kindle book page number if it is been given. That mean the Kindle first and second generation will not be in this list.
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A book viewed in Page Flip mode.
August 22, 2016 – Update on Page Flip. Amazon recently updated its reader software to solve one of the longest standing problems with e-reading. Formerly, it was difficult if not impossible to jump around in a book and land back at the point you began, rendering non-fiction books with lots of graphs, images, and references virtually useless for the serious student. In fact, Amazon’s early experiment with the academic placement of Kindle readers in colleges and universities foundered on exactly this point. Now, you can view your exact position in a book (with real page numbers attached in many cases!), browse to other pages, and jump back to your original starting point in you wish. This is a major structural improvement to the reading experience on the Kindle. Learn more at Amazon HERE.
Turn On Page Numbers Kindle
January 1, 2015 – Update for newest versions of the Kindle. Page numbers have always been a consternation for e-book readers, and no more so for any group than for Kindle owners. In the last few updates to the Kindle, Amazon has partially remedied this problem. If you want to know the number of the page you are on in your Kindle book, read on!
If your Kindle book includes page numbers, you can also track your location according to the page number in print books. Not all Kindle books include page numbers. Because you can change the font size and other features, you may be able to view more than one page on your screen at one time. Your progress shows the page number for the text displayed at the top of the screen. (from Amazon website, emphasis mine)
So, the ability to view page numbers, if they exist, depends on using the Menu button on your Kindle. Just as you need to click on the Menu to check the time of day at the top, so you need the Menu to give you access to the page number. Today, the newer Kindles can tell you much more than the page number, including the estimated time it will take you to finish the chapter you are currently in. See the related article for information on this feature. Not all books have page numbers because it costs money to add them in. A Kindle book can resize fonts and reflow the text because it is not divided up into arbitrary units called “pages.” So, if the publisher of the book you purchased went to the expense of correlating the e-book file to the page in the print book, you will be able to see them in this fashion, but only on Kindle 3 or later.
You can see if a Kindle book you are thinking of purchasing contains page numbers by lloking below the title area for a notice. No notice, no page numbers. Click on the image to the left for a live demonstration of where to find this information.
Also note the other highlighted passage, that you may “flip the page” on your Kindle and see that the “page number” hasn’t changed. If you have enlarged the font for the book on the Kindle, this is the cause. With a larger font, it may take several Kindle screens worth of text to complete a single page in the print book.
Related article: Does My Kindle Book Have Real Page Numbers?
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When the Kindle first came out, the absence of page numbers created more than a little bit of anxiety. How can I tell what page I am on??? I mean, I have only spent my whole life using page numbers as the reference point for a) how far along in the book I am, and b) any references to the text that I want to make in a post, article, or other scholarly writing.
This lingering anxiety tells me something about the “purpose” of the Kindle. That purpose is reading in a “frictionless” way (adjective courtesy of Jeff Bezos). The Kindle is not very well set up to address these other little anxieties I feel.
Kindle For Mac App
So, I got out my calculator to see if I could find a rule for converting Kindle’s “position number” into the “page numbers” of the actual book.
OK, first problem: which actual book–the hardcover, the paperback? First editions, fifth edition? Right there you see the intractability of the problem.
But I forged on, nonetheless, with my hardcover copy of Carol Dweck’s Mindset. You get the wackiest correlation if you try to literally use every paper page fo the book. First, all those pages aren’t in the Kindle edition. Second, spacing considerations make it almost impossible to come up with a formula that is anywhere near accurate if you try to use all the pages.
I got closest to a useful formula when I took the first actual numbered page of the book (not including the introduction)–that is, a page with “1” on it, and looked up the corresponding “position” on my Kindle. As it turns out, Page 1 appears at position “95” on the Kindle. Then, I went to the last full page of the text, page 239 (not the notes, index, or other “last” page) and checked the position: 4035. So, I had 3940 positions spread over 236 pages (the first page of text was actually page 3). 3940 divided by 236 yields 16.69 positions per page.
Using this formula I could pretty much find the page in book if I knew the position. In all my test cases, I landed within one page of the text I was searching for if I divided the position number by 16.69.
Kindle Page Numbers Missing
Whew! If you have a friend with the print book and you want to point them to a passage, use of the chapter number might be your best bet. If they want to point you to a passage, you can search for a key term. Or you can both try this little formula and wait for the MLA to provide us some guidance!