Bindery counts the pages as the last step of a build, from the text of the ePub. The story list and the OPDS catalog show the count. A story has no count until its book is built.
The method follows "Paragraphs (APNX Accurate)" of the Count Pages plugin for calibre. Bindery counts each paragraph that a reader sees, so the same text gives the same count as <p> elements, as <div> elements and as lines with <br> between them. An empty paragraph is not counted.
The settings page has one Save button helper. The story list sorts by
the sort key that the server sends, so the rule for a leading article
exists once. The story page takes its list of download modes from the
mode hints.
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