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Old 12-22-2015, 10:11 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Sure they can. As long as you're comparing apples to apples. Two books with a similar number of locations are similar in "size." A book with more locations than another is "bigger." The comparisons still hold, even if the paradigms our brains are locked into don't allow us to instantly visualize how much bigger/smaller various books are (yet). But future humans won't have that problem.
Sorry, I should have been more precise. Obviously, you can use Kindle locations of one book to compare its length to another book, as long as it is a Kindle book. It's not possible to compare book sizes between different e-readers.

OK, I know, 400 pages is not 400 pages, due to font sizes and white space and such, but you'd still be in the ballpark regarding book size if font sizes and white space are not excessively large or small.

I use Count Pages, and I have calibre put the page count into the title, in brackets, when side-loading. That way, I would be able to compare the book sizes regardless of the e-reader I'm using.
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