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Old 03-05-2012, 07:06 PM   #11
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
People are probably going by the automatically calculated page count on their reader, which changes with their font-size setting, rather than by the print page count of the official paper/hardback.
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With a printed copy once a book is printed it's set in stone but with ecopies even a single copy can vary in page length depending on font and font size.
ePub does not change the page number based on the font size. ePub pages are based on (I think) 1024 bytes of data.

One thing to note is that hardcovers have wider margins, bigger line space and larger print then most eBook you'll be reading on a reader.

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