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Old 09-08-2015, 07:53 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by AnnGirdharry View Post
I didn't know that some retailers don't flag up page length as clearly as Amazon. Are you thinking of any in particular?
Kobo doesn't indicate length at all, or at least not that I've ever seen. Google Play lists number of pages, but they also generate their own weird page maps, so I don't know how true those are for indie works. Smashwords records word count, but doesn't even try to translate that to pages. B&N and Books-A-Million only show page counts for print books; for ebooks, B&N shows download size in megabytes, and BAM shows nothing. I'm not sure what other places (like iBooks) do.

So, yeah - if you want people to know how long your story is, make sure it's in the blurb. Don't assume the e-tailer is going to do any analysis whatsoever.
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