Re: pdf page counting

On 12/24/2024 12:31 PM, Don Y wrote:

For folks thinking PDFs are just "electronic books", that's likely
an acceptable tradeoff.  OTOH, if you want to explain the difference
between the different speaking accents of New Yorkers, Bostonians,
Chicagoans, etc., it's much easier to embed three audio clips
and let the "reader" HEAR them instead of trying to describe them
textually.  Similarly, instead of publishing N different views of
a 3D object to give the reader an idea of how it is constructed,
it's much easier to embed a 3D model IN the document and let the
reader explore it in whatever manner HE deems appropriate.
 These are things that you can't do with paper books.

Well, technically, you can distribute other *media* with a paper
book that addresses some of these issues.  E.g., I have a book
titled _Mouth Sounds_ that includes a (flimsy) "45" to be played
on a phonograph to "hear" the sounds described.  Others have
included CDs affixed to back covers, etc.