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Ellimist · 09-01-2009, 04:02 PM

Word count really doesn't work.

"Hey, check out words 2,388 to 2,902!" instead of "check out pages 24, 25 (medium font setting)"

"Crap, my bookmarks got deleted... what page was I on? oh wait, no pages, just words... I was on word 5000... maybe..."

So yeah, for a holistic "how large is this book?" then word counts may work, but not for anything else.

09-01-2009, 04:02 PM	#64
Ellimist Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505 (blue)	Word count really doesn't work. "Hey, check out words 2,388 to 2,902!" instead of "check out pages 24, 25 (medium font setting)" "Crap, my bookmarks got deleted... what page was I on? oh wait, no pages, just words... I was on word 5000... maybe..." So yeah, for a holistic "how large is this book?" then word counts may work, but not for anything else.