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Originally Posted by DNSB
To add in another item, if someone has the same epub file as I do, the page numbers (either from page-map, pageList or Adobe's synthetic page number algorithm) are the same regardless of font size, etc. A kepub displays each screen as a page so changing the font size, line spacing, margins or any other option that affects the amount of text on a page changes the page number.
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I never understood this point. Physical books have page counts completely dependent upon font size. Why should it be different for ebooks? Why is it is so important to have an absolute measure? As an example the current mass market paperback edition of Dune is 894 pages long. The hardback copy in my shelf is 507 pages long.
If it is to be able to estimate a time to read, well Kindle and Kobo provide that figure directly in hours based on the average reader.
I can't imagine anything as imprecise as epub pages and kindle's "real page numbers" which both advance non-linearly. Every 2-3 pages (depending upon font setting), sometimes immediately with a chapter break. With the Kobo, every time you turn the page, the page count increments. With Kindle, every time you turn the page, the location count increments (based on how much text was on the screen). Those are meaningful figures to me.