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Originally Posted by ratinox
True. Physical books are counted in words. But then, so are electronic books. Word number 18,291 in a 50,000 word book is always the same word whether it's a pocket paperback, a hardcover, a large print, a plain text file, an HTML file, an ePub archive, a Kepub archive, a MOBI file, a LIT file, a KF8 archive, a PRC file, a... heck, a papyrus scroll, notches in clay tablets, even scratchings on a cave wall. Get the point yet?
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So how do you go to word 18,291n the book? You cannot do so without counting. But you can go to page 35 easily. Let's say you have a book that has no chapters (Discworld books have no chapters). You have a hardcover and I have a mass market. So how do I tell you to go to page 35? M page 35 i not the same as your page 35. But if we are both reading the ePub version with ADE, I can tell you to go to page 35 and you'll go to the same page even if your device is 8" and mine is 6.8". So in this case, which page number system is working better? The ADE page number system is working better.
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Show me a physical book that uses ADE faux pages and I'll reconsider the assertion.
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pBooks use a page number system that's inconsistent between different physical versions. ADE uses a page number system that consistent between different devices/settings. ADE page number are not faux. You've got that 100% wrong.