Thread: Number of pages in a book
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Old 01-26-2022, 07:31 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
The idea of pages in a reflowable format ebook is a bit silly. Depending on screen size. font size, margins, line spacing, etc., the number of pages/screens will differ. ...
I wouldn't say silly. Even if each page is four or five screens, at least with the old style page numbering you have a general idea of the length of the book. Kobo is mostly unique with their KePub screen-to-page numbering scheme. PocketBook has a similar option, but it also allows you to use "standard" ePub page numbering. Also, unlike Kobo, all other ePub readers that I know of, have page numbers beside their Table of Content entries. (Which I find useful when I want to know if I'm about done with a chapter.) It's also useful when you've got two or three or(?) different brands of eReaders and you switch from one to the other. I can say I quit reading on page 60 of the Nook, and pick up the Tolino and type in "60" as the page number.

Still not a fan of the page per screen method of numbering (in case you hadn't figured that out).
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