Pagination on Calibre

Dear All,

I'm an academic. I find e-books easy to use and they save on shelve space! But I am encountering one problem.

One big advantage of the ebook format is that I can identify an interesting sentence or two, and then cut and paste it into either a critical text I'm writing, or a handout for students. This is much more convenient than having to copy out the relevant. (I have to stress here I do just mean a sentence or two: I'm not talking about substantial sections.)

I find Calibre ideal for this type of cutting-and-pasting. But...

As an academic, I need to give precise and accurate page references. I'm already a bit worried that on my Sony ereader pagination sometimes looks a bit eccentric. However, on Calibre, pagination just seems completely inaccurate: when a paper book is 250 pages long, the Calibre version often seems to be 600 or 700n pages long.

Am I missing something here? Is there a method for ensuring that the pagination on Calibre corresponds to other published versions?

Any advice welcome!

best wishes,

Nabeel