Read-a-Palooza Discussion and Questions

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, I got my first response to your question. (It came all the way from Afghanistan. My son is stationed there. You gotta love the internet!) He said, "You can't, really (convert the file number to pages). It depends on the font size she's (the author) using, and other formatting changes to mobi."

I plan on asking my husband when he gets home from the store.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, I got my first response to your question. (It came all the way from Afghanistan. My son is stationed there. You gotta love the internet!) He said, "You can't, really (convert the file numbe..."

I thought that might be the case. I did email the author directly and waiting to hear back. Soon as we know how I should handle it I'll submit this week's numbers.

I'll be away most of next week so may not be able to give you July final totals until late Friday or Saturday along with the rest of the week's numbers.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, my husband did some searching. He found this formula: Page=Location/16.69. He plugged in the numbers, and came up with between
415 - 450 pages. That seemed kind of high to me.

The person who posted this formula went on to say that the formula was unreliable.
" ...there's no linear relationship between location numbers and page numbers, and therefore no formula to convert the former into the latter." (Whatever that means. My husband explained it to me. I didn't catch most of what he said :)

I hope you hear back from the author.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, my husband did some searching. He found this formula: Page=Location/16.69. He plugged in the numbers, and came up with between
415 - 450 pages. That seemed kind of high to me.

The person ..."

Me too. If I don't hear this weekend would it be okay to use 200 pages? 150 pages? Not so low but still adds to our numbers.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, my husband did some searching. He found this formula: Page=Location/16.69. He plugged in the numbers, and came up with between
415 - 450 pages. That seemed kind of high to ..."

200 sounds good.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, my husband did some searching. He found this formula: Page=Location/16.69. He plugged in the numbers, and came up with between
415 - 450 pages. That seemed k..."

Great. If I don't hear from the author I will submit my challenge info using 200 pages.
Thanks for your help.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, my husband did some searching. He found this formula: Page=Location/16.69. He plugged in the numbers, and came up with between
415 - 450 pages. That seemed kind of high to me.

The person ..."

I just heard back from the author. She said it's about 400 pages so your husband was pretty accurate. I'll go with 395 and post my challenge update now.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "I just heard back from the author. She said it's about 400 pages so your husband was pretty accurate. I'll go with 395 and post my challenge update now."

I'm glad the author contacted you. Thanks for letting me know.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "I just heard back from the author. She said it's about 400 pages so your husband was pretty accurate. I'll go with 395 and post my challenge update now."

I'm glad the author contact..."

You're welcome. The e-book I'm currently reading didn't have an easily accessible number of pages either. Found it on KOBO. Amazing the amount of sleuthing sometimes needed.