In your other thread, I gave the following response to the point about page numbers:
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Originally Posted by davidfor
No, and no device does. Because the simplest answer to this question is: Which edition should it match? And "Mass Paperback sized book" is meaningless. There are different sized pages, different margins, different font sizes. The words and lines per page is probably different for each paperback. How can the device match this?
Unless you are using PDF, then all devices use some sort of "fake" page number. This can be the screen is treated as a page, the Adobe RMDSK calculation or something else. Any match to a paperbook is a fluke.
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I think that what you are asking is pretty pointless. Ereadears allow you to adjust the font size, margins and line spacing. That means that you can make the book comfortable for
you to read, not some arbitrary layout done by a publisher trying to save money. Pick up two paperbacks from different publishers and compare them. They are not the same. And even comparing paperbacks within the same publisher, they are likely to be different. We need to get over the idea that ebooks should be exactly the same as paper books. They aren't and trying to make them the same is handicapping your reading.
So, a photos someone took of a Forma and Libra H2O of the same book would look different. They will have adjusted the settings on the devices to be comfortable to themselves. This will usually mean there will be more words per screen on the Forma than the Libra H2O. Hence less page turns. But, people do find these things work differently. For some reason I find a slightly larger apparent font size (not choosing the same number for the font size, but, choosing a comfortable font size on both) works better for me on the Aura ONE (7.8" screen) than the Clara HD (6" screen). But, it really just comes down to how many times do I tap the screen to turn the page while reading. There might be 10% difference between the two and that's pretty meaningless over the hours it takes me to read a novel.
You will, or at least should, adjust the settings of the device to be comfortable to you. I read comfortably on a Clara HD with the font set to roughly whatever Kobo has the default set to (I think I go to one size larger). When I use the Libra H2O, the font is roughly the same size. My wife uses a Forma and has the font set very large. If I used this on the Clara HD, I might get ten lines per page. But, that is one of the big points of using these devices. They are adjustable to the user, not fixed like paper books.
There are plenty of photos of ereaders showing how the book displays. Look at them and decide if that looks good to you, not, if it looks the same a some other way of displaying a book.
And...
My apologies for the rant. You seem to have picked a couple of trigger points for me today. The above is my considered opinion, no one else's and I stand by it. Until someone proves me wrong. Then I'll pout for a little while, argue a bit (hopefully in a constructive way) to make I understand why I am wrong they are right and then gracefully concede.