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Old 03-29-2020, 12:06 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
% doesn't work. 50% of a book with 300,000 words is not the same as a 125,000 word book.
It tells you how far you've got. All books OUGHT to have the approximate number of words excluding Front matter, TOC and End Matter at the start where the copyright/author / publish data is.

The % or progress bar works for me.

Printed books only have page number (not x of y) and the progress is obvious. I'd only use the page number on a printed book with an index, so for a novel it simply lets me know two leaves aren't stuck together or a leaf or two hasn't fallen out.

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