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Originally Posted by DNSB
"One True Page Number" does not exist. Even in pbooks, the page count varies between formats and editions.
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Even with two books of the same format (e.g., standard hardcover, etc.), the same last page number, and the same reading font, it doesn't tell anything about reading time.
Take, for example, James Patterson. His books "waste" over 50 pages compared to many books, because there are so many chapters, which mean blank space at the end of the chapter, and mostly blank (just the chapter number) space to start.
Any page number algorithm that uses actual word count is much more useful in comparing two books than the arbitrary page count from physical books, or anything based on screen count/page turns for an eBook.