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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Should the data item in question even be labelled 'pages' - probably not.
Has nothing to with bound sheets of paper, adolescents running hither and thither in the US Capitol, or Cinderella's Buttons. It determines the amount of space a book will consume on a graphical representation of a wooden bookshelf.
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But if is matter so little, why your custom column "Pages (#pages)" should take the priority on a Calibre "Pages (pages)"?
Also, yeah, use "pages" for reflowable e-book make no sens, but it also not
just for graphical representation of a wooden bookshelf: This value give a sens of the size of the book itself. Is a skeuomorphism, a design style with visual cues (or affordances) that imitate the texture, shape, or function of physical objects. Some use words counts, but if pages is still so commonly used it because is still make sens for a lot of people. Like me, I can say that I can read a book of 300 pages in one day.
We can discute of the way Calibre caclul this value, but how it named, is a dead end and pointless.