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Originally Posted by kguil
@demo Actually implementing ADE page numbering is simpler than what I did. However, with the exception of compatibility with other reading systems (which I admit is a fair, albeit specialised, use case), I find it to be less meaningful. In the absence of page maps (that many EPUBs do not have) ADE defines a page as 1024 characters. In my better judgment, people tend to connect more with "a page is roughly 250 words" than "a page is 1024 letters, digits, white space, and symbols".
Now, and I haven't put too much thought in this yet, I am considering an option to let readers choose their own basis for "words per page". For instance, you might rather define a page as having 350 words than accept my default of 250. This may have benefit of being able to align page numbering with external systems such as Goodreads (which is incidentally the intention of the Facebook poster that inspired this thread).
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If you take a look at the Count Pages plugin for Caibre, you'll see exactly how to implement ADE page numbering. ADE page numbering is 1024 compressed characters per page. I cannot say more than that. The plugin will tell all you need to know.