Thread: Differences Tolino & Kobo
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Old 04-10-2020, 08:36 AM   #72
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Originally Posted by 4691mls View Post
The main reason I bought the Kobo in the first place was to have a reader that could get library books directly after my old Sony lost that ability. If I wanted to sideload I could have just kept using the Sony. And at the time I bought the Kobo it was still using ADE numbers.
Sorry, but that is another mistake. Kobo never use the Adobe page counting method for kepubs. Their calculation was based on 320 words per page. In my experience, that gave a page count at east 25% higher than the Adobe page count for the same book.
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One advantage of the ADE numbers over screen counts (or paper books) was that book length could be compared no matter the font size, line spacing, etc.
And, it is very easy to screw up those page counts. The algorithm is based on the compressed size of the internal files it's not hard to produce a valid book that gives interesting page count. Having said that, I do use it when calculating the page count in calibre. As you say, it is a useful comparison. But, it would make more sense to drop it and use the word count. I need to train myself in understanding how long a 100,000 word book is.
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