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Old 07-29-2015, 06:17 AM   #1
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How does Kobo calculate reading statistics?

Does anyone know how the reading statistics are calculated? Specifically the reading speed/pages per minute?

If it just takes an average of number turned pages over a certain amount of time, the outcome would be influenced by:
- Opening a book, but not yet starting to read (first page open and clock ticking, but not yet reading, for whatever reason)
- Reading, turning pages, and stopping for a quick chat or boiling the kettle for the next cup of tea (things that take long enough to influence reading statistics, but are too quick to put the reader to sleep)

In a perfect world, the statistics clock would thus not yet start ticking until the first page turn was done (as in, yep, I've started reading now), plus, any pages that take more than a standard deviation or two above average to read (whilst making tea) would be disregarded in the statistics. Does anyone know if anything similar is built into the calculations?
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