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calvin-c · 07-25-2020, 01:50 PM

Is there a good way to compare two versions of the same book? I have a book downloaded from two different sources. I've run the Count Pages plugin on both. One shows 30,000 words, the other 37,000. I've checked the obvious (licensing pages) and didn't find the extra words there. I thought it might be organization so I checked in editor. One has 71 files, the other has 109. If Count Pages was counting words in the <head> then that still doesn't explain it-because the one with fewer files shows as having more words.

Is there a plug in that can compare two books & highlight any text differences? Or even any differences at all. Thanks.

07-25-2020, 01:50 PM	#1
calvin-c Guru Posts: 787 Karma: 1575310 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Moon+ Pro	Same book from two sources shows severe diff in word count Is there a good way to compare two versions of the same book? I have a book downloaded from two different sources. I've run the Count Pages plugin on both. One shows 30,000 words, the other 37,000. I've checked the obvious (licensing pages) and didn't find the extra words there. I thought it might be organization so I checked in editor. One has 71 files, the other has 109. If Count Pages was counting words in the <head> then that still doesn't explain it-because the one with fewer files shows as having more words. Is there a plug in that can compare two books & highlight any text differences? Or even any differences at all. Thanks.