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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
You could check the page count when you buy it.
To be honest, if I want to read a book, I rarely pay attention to overall length, so I won't pretend to be an expert here.
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I look at it this way. When I'm deciding which book to read next, the length will often be a deciding factor. "I've got so many hours before... I should be able to finish this book in that time."
And I still "see" (and think) printed books when I sit down to read eBooks. Wasn't the whole point of an eInk eReader to emulate the printed reading experience? Isn't page count one of those features. When I was in college and working for a book and magazine distributor, the price of paperback books was mostly based on the length of the book. That's why there were so many books written with needless filler (I think they still do it).
Yes, easily gauging the length of a book
is important to me — as is reading the front material (preface, etc.). Call me a Luddite.