Page Numbering for Omnibus/Split Editions

[Katie]

I have several books which are omnibus editions of two or more works by one author in which the page numbering starts again from 1 for subsequent books. For example, I have a copy of Sketches by Boz & Hard Times (Odhams, no publication date) which gives Sketches page numbers 1-424 and then Hard Times page numbers 1-320. Is there any way of indicating this, or do I enter the total page count, then have to do some mental maths whenever I enter my current page count when reading the second book?

On the other hand, I have a two volume edition of War and Peace which gives volume 1 page numbers 1-712 and volume 2 page numbers 713-1444. These are separate books with different ISBNs. Is there a convention for entering books like these, or is it going to involve page count based mental maths again?

Just wondering what would be best.

[Scott]

Yeah I think we just have to rough it. (I'm in the middle of one of these myself; fortunately the first book is exactly 200 pages long!)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Katie wrote: "do I enter the total page count, then have to do some mental maths whenever I enter my current page count when reading the second book?"

Yes.


Katie wrote: "I have a two volume edition of War and Peace which gives volume 1 page numbers 1-712 and volume 2 page numbers 713-1444. These are separate books with different ISBNs. Is there a convention for entering books like these, or is it going to involve page count based mental maths again?"

We'd enter the number of pages for vol. 2 as 1444. Which means you're "50% complete" on about page 10, but at least this sort of multi-volume numbering is uncommon.