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Old 11-11-2019, 07:14 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by MGlitch View Post
I agree the conversion from page numbers to word counts is much the same as metric to imperial. There’s no real good reason not to convert, we simply don’t because we’re all accustom to the system we use.

Of course going by word count has the benefit of not being subject to the medium. I’m sure there are drawbacks such as longer works getting unwieldy in terms of the numbers. But that can be worked around.

Not that I want to get into the debate over systems used to measure progress in ebooks again.
Word count is not going to cut it. Not many would like to see page numbers that high. Kobo used to use 340 words = 1 page for KePub until the 4.18.x firmware where it's not 1 screen = 1 page.

I really dislike 1 screen = 1 page for the full book. I don't mind for chapter page numbers. Word count used as page numbers is also a no way. The ending page number would be too high and that won't work for a lot of people.

We have ADE page numbers. Why not just go with that as it works well?
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