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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
... 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...
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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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