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Originally Posted by DNSB
"One True Page Number" does not exist.
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Well, I would slightly disagree. Sure it exists.
It only do not exist if one forgot to mention what book exactly you are talking about. The hole discussion about page count is missing this important part of the story. The count varies for each version of print, format or media and this is why we have different ISBN numbers for each version, format, revision and media of a published book. The combination helps to identify about what book we are talking if we referencing to a text of a book. This is why citability still works (and why the often mentioned dead horse is still very vital).
Regarding word count, I too like it for the same reason you mentioned and even this has it's own difficulties.