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Originally Posted by John F
I can see going to metric (in the USA), it is a widely held standard for most of the world. But I don't see the parellel for word count; it doesn't have any advantage over the current systems.
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Except that word count is a set amount that doesn't change based on the medium the book is in, nor the typography used.
"Page" on the other hand isn't even consistent between different physical editions of books, to say nothing of when you add in ebooks.
What constitutes a "page"? Which edition will you use as the 'standard'?
Word count will tell you exactly where in a book you are, and exactly where a citation starts and ends. Something a page citation fails to do even when using the same edition.