06-02-2024, 03:41 PM | #2806 | |||
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Umm... to paraphrase one poster, it's calibre not caliber so people won't be able to find it when they search. |
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06-04-2024, 08:55 AM | #2807 |
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Aha! I'll keep that in mind the next time I read a novel that has only one sentence! (I assume you'll be serving coffee?)
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06-04-2024, 11:12 AM | #2808 |
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I usually go back half a page anyway so it hardly matters where I stop.
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Yesterday, 02:19 PM | #2809 |
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When you want to know the length of an ebook, and Amazon gives you a file size of 3019KB.
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Yesterday, 03:47 PM | #2810 |
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I always use Kobo for that purpose, since the length is reported in words.
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Yesterday, 04:02 PM | #2811 |
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Today, 09:05 AM | #2812 |
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Many Kindle books have a "print length" in their description, which gives page count. Sometimes it's only down lower in the details, but it's usually there.
It's fairly meaningless, though, as the "Count Pages" add-in for Calibre gives me around 270 words/page on all the books I have purchased, but using the Amazon page count, the words/page varies from around 200 to 260 |
Today, 09:37 AM | #2813 |
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I don't know why everybody has to put page count under a microscope.
When I get a book I just want to know what I'm dealing with. Under 100 "pages", a short read. 250 "pages" a normal book. 500 "pages" a big read. 1000 "pages" a brick. In short, I'd like to know floor(2*ln(pages)/ln(2)-15.5) please. Code:
100 p -> -3 150 p -> -2 200 p -> -1 250 p -> 0 350 p -> 1 500 p -> 2 750 p -> 3 1000 p -> 4 |
Today, 09:48 AM | #2814 |
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There's nothing more accurate than the word count.
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Today, 10:10 AM | #2815 |
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Disagree. There’s “a” and there’s “antidisestablishmentarianism”. Yes, I kid, but the general point remains; word count is lower for more complex books of similar length.
My favorite standard is the ADE page count, consistent across books and which helps offset the word length issue. Granted, it doesn’t take into account indices etc. but neither does word count, and at least with ADE page count it’s easy enough to subtract that out. |
Today, 10:51 AM | #2816 |
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No, you should use text-to-speech and get the running time.
I try to borrow a book for the minimal time. I just have to know what I'm dealing with. One site has 1, 4, 7, 14 day selections. Most have 7, 14, 28 day selection. With the latter, I hate to say 7 days and then realize the book is 1000 pages. Last edited by Renate; Today at 10:54 AM. |
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