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Originally Posted by rcentros
Yeah, but we know the difference between a 500 page book (novel) and a 200 page book (romance, western, etc.). I've got a nine book series I bought from Kobo. The print length is 2,828 pages (when adding all nine books). The old way Kobo handled KePub page numbering resulted in 2,744 "pages." (So fairly close, not exact, correlation.) Now that same series (in my standard sized font, is 6,946 "pages" (screens)). But if I use the smallest font size it's 1,523 "pages" — the largest font-size produces a "page" count of 82,836. In other words, KePubs "page" count has become completely worthless.
You may be in favor of "divorcing" eBook page counts from paper book page counts, but I'm not. I still read both eBooks and printed books and I like consistency, or at least relative consistency. An arbitrary screen "page" count just isn't going to hack it for me. I'll go a different direction.
In my opinion, the meaningless "change with the whiff of the wind" screen "page" count SHOULD be the option, not the old system that at least correlated (relatively) with printed books. Again, the new "page" count system is meaningless because in it "page" counts can morph into almost any number.
Actually, I usually change the font size at night, when my eyes are tireder. But this is really beside the point. The fact that page counts change when the font sizes change makes the whole concept of a "page" count worthless.
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worthless in your opinion.
page count per chapter in my opinion is (essential) regardless of font size it gives me a good indication of if i want to start reading the next chapter or not.
best wishes koboy
