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@robko. Your explanation is very enlightening.
The only thing I didn't like with my Sony reader (apart from the lack of integrated lighting) was that the page numbering never actually matched the page on screen. As you said, a page could be half a screen or three screen depending on the font size, so I assume the Sony reader was also using Adobe software. The Kobo when using ePubs was the same so I assumed that this was a disadvantage of ebooks compared to paper books, i. e. You could never know exactly how many pages there was in an eBook due to font size variations (I never owned or used a Kindle so I just assumed the problem was the same with any eReader).
The fact that when using KePubs, the page number equals what you actually see on a page is another one of the reasons I prefer KePubs. I really like that. I didn't mention it in my previous posts because I didn't think of it until I read your post.
Often, when I speak to a friend about a book I'm reading, he will ask how many pages in the book. Before using KePubs, I could never answer him clearly, and could only give him approximate numbers. Now, I give him the exact number of pages; I just show him a page of the book with my current font size, and explain there are x pages at that size. That gives him a much more accurate idea of the size of the book.
So, one more reason to prefer KePubs over ePubs.
Cheers.
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