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Old 09-01-2009, 11:11 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell View Post
... I can't think of any other alternative besides word count, and that seems to incredibly unsatisfying and aesthetically crude. It reminds me too much of school days...
That was my same impression the first time I saw the word count and expected time of reading (ETR) associated with eBooks. But after seeing it for some time, I've found I rather like that method. It's consisten across book and it also tells me about how long I should take to read the eBook.

Its a far more accurate measurement than page numbers of a paper books, where one knew the approx length only from experience, yet this was not very accurate because page numbers changed based on font size and margins.

With word count/ETR that is a fixed value that will be consistent across books.


Just my 2 cents.

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