David>A big file? What definition of big are we talking about? What's 500k between friends any more? 500K between friends is a royal pain in the behind to a user of a small epub or kindle device which is being served books using 3G phone service but is not getting even that in practice because they live out in the boonies. Trust me, I've been there -- now all the epub and kindle devices I actually use are running wifi. And maybe this is why more downloads from PG are without images than with images? One guy I know who loves his kindle is 80+ years old and lives on a boat, and downloads books via 3G -- whenever he's in port. I tell him all the things I do and he looks at me like I'm stupid (and I guess I am 'cuz BB keeps telling me so) and says "I just like reading books."
Both Epub and Mobi support page numbers;
Sorry, where exactly in the epub and mobi standards does it say they support page numbers? Amazon at least I would think is the definition of mobi nowadays and they say in big bold letters "Don't Do Page Numbers!"