Word count of a book
Capture the word count for a book using the book-word-count element.
//book-meta/counts/book-word-count
The word count is only required for a book classified with a value reading
(code
Purpose/1) from the Purpose taxonomy.
Calculate the word count from the following sections in the XML:
- List of characters (front-matter-part book-part-type="characters"), if present.
- Main body text (book-body), excluding alt-text.
<counts> <book-page-count count="427"/> <book-word-count count="109852"/> </counts>