Generally speaking, a paper book does not change its own page numbering!
And multiple copies of the same edition of the paper book will always have the same page numbers.
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It's an extremely useful and time-honored concept.
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That is precisely why I don't like it! It has a tremendous amount of legacy baggage associated with the term.
Using the @Faterson definition of a page does not make it any less subjective than using the @eschwartz definition.
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Having seen more than enough cases of people actually expecting ebook pseudorandom-calculated "pages" to be useful reference indicators (and the amusing intersection with acedemia), I no longer hold the delusion that holding onto that word will be helpful to the masses.