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Old 07-25-2011, 12:24 PM   #2
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Well, there's the ADE device page count - that tiny number in the right margin on Sony, Nook, and Kobo readers. I don't remember the calculation, but if you have one of those devices it's easy to find out.

Of course, the iBook app may use a different calculation, and you'd have to have an iDevice and see if even shows page numbers anywhere, and check if the numbers change when the font size changes.

If a books hasn't been published in paper, it hasn't ever really had any pages to count, has it?

Sorry, I know we can't fight Apple, but it just seems weird to want page counts for an e(or i)book.

Probably dividing your word count by 250 will keep them happy, as long as you don't tell them what you did. If they want a particular algorithm to be used, they need to say what it is, after all.
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