#rant and a question
I don't understand why so many books use completely unhelpful headings on each page?
E.g. I'm just reading #bellhooks "the will to change" (which is a good book i can recommend)
On even pages the heading is the title, on our pages the heading is the author.
This is completely helpful and really bad #UX
I know which book I'm reading and usually also the author (and during reading both is actually mostly irrelevant).
I would rather have the section or chapter information on the heading.
Why are these headings so common in books? Is this a convention or has a reason i don't see?