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Lisa Kay
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Jul 13, 2013 09:14PM
Just leave it for now, T. We'll have to indicated that it needs a "revisit" on Countess Paige's spreadsheet.
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Any decision on Eat St.: Recipes from the Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks? I haven't tagged it yet for this challenge, but if it qualifies, I'd like to do so before I forget about it :) Thanks!
The author responded quickly to my PM! She says the book has 145,662 words so it should count and I won't need to talk to Jenny about it. It will even go on my list of 'chunksters'.
Barb wrote: "Any decision on Eat St.: Recipes from the Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks? I haven't tagged it yet for this challenge, but if it qualifies, I'd like to do so before I forget a..."That is a very tough call, Barb. Cookbooks are hard, and we are considering not counting them for Round III. (Several people have some 'tagged' for Round II.) Countess Paige or I will probably have to go to B&N to check out the physical book. Looking at it on-line shows a lot of pictures, but then it goes on for awhile with just text.
Please bear with us. Thank you for your patience.
Turtlecollector wrote: "The author responded quickly to my PM! She says the book has 145,662 words so it should count and I won't need to talk to Jenny about it."
That is wonderful news, T.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Cookbooks are hard, and we are considering not counting them for Round III. (Several people have some 'tagged' for Round II.) Countess Paige or I will probably have to go to B&N to check out the physical book. Looking at it on-line shows a lot of pictures, but then it goes on for awhile with just text.Please bear with us. Thank you for your patience."
Don't worry about it, LK, I just won't count it, it's not that big a deal :) And yes, I can see the issue with cookbooks, especially those with lots of photos.
Well, you know how much of a hardship it is for one of us to go to the bookstore, Barb.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Well, you know how much of a hardship it is for one of us to go to the bookstore, Barb."It's a complete hardship ;)
When you've finished the Sunday Update, please could you have a look at this one for me? I've found it on Amazon with the kindle version listed as having 160 pages ( http://www.amazon.com/Possession-In-D... ) and it's available as part of a two short story book with 320 pages ( http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Books/de... ) but I haven't managed to find a word count (I have no idea where you manage to find so many of them!)
It's currently on a team mate's shelf (the audio version which supposedly has 3 pages!) but I'll leave it there for this update and message her when I have her decision if that's ok?
Hi!Pigletto of team LJB has a book on her shelf without a page count.
Her shelf is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
The book in question is: Three Graces
Thanks!
Rhonda wrote: "Pigletto of team LJB has a book on her shelf without a page count."
has a paperback edition of 336 pages, so that is fine. We won't change the data, due to the coming Amazon takeover. I'm not even going to change the bookcover (so that it is w/o those pesky arrows).
Lisa Kay wrote: "Rhonda wrote: "Pigletto of team LJB has a book on her shelf without a page count." has a paperback edition of 336 pages, s..."Thanks, LK!
CountessPaige wrote: "Lisa Kay wrote: "Well, you know how much of a hardship it is for one of us to go to the bookstore, Barb."It's a complete hardship ;)"
LOL Well, if you're looking for an *excuse to go to the bookstore, who am I to take that away? :)
Hello, I was told to post here and see what can be done.I am currently reading (almost finished) a PDF ARC from a brand new author. The book was just released on Amazon in Kindle format yesterday and is listed at 200 pages The PDF I am reading (think 8.5x11 pages) is 104 pages long. I just found it here on good reads.. I would like to use this in the challenges but not sure if I can. What should I do?
The book is "Saving Grace" by C.L. Champlain.
Thanks
I find that sometimes there is a discrepancy between Goodreads, Amazon and even the book itself or kindle when it comes to the number of pages. I think in some cases the publisher includes all pages not just the books pages.What do I do in a case like this?
Post it here, Nancy, and Countess Paige will be diligent in researching the word count.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Post it here, Nancy, and Countess Paige will be diligent in researching the word count."Will do.
Kari wrote: "Hello, I was told to post here and see what can be done.I am currently reading (almost finished) a PDF ARC from a brand new author. The book was just released on Amazon in Kindle format yester..."
The Page count of the PDF book is 66713. Hope that helps in determining whether I can add it to the challenge. Thanks
Kari wrote: "The Page count of the PDF book is 66713. Hope that helps in determining whether I can add it to the challenge. Thanks..."Kari, 66,713 divided by 250 = 266.8 pages = Approved.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Kari wrote: "The Page count of the PDF book is 66713. Hope that helps in determining whether I can add it to the challenge. Thanks..."Kari, 66,713 divided by 250 = 266.8 pages = Approved."
Thank you :)
Hi!I came across The Summons
ISBN 0385503822
The page count shown is incorrect at 245 pages. This edition actually has 341 pages. Is this the place to bring it to attention for correction on the site?
Thanks!
Rhonda, the page numbers for that book are all over the board. I do see one with that page count:
- hardcoverIf that is not the edition you read, the only thing I can do is create an edition with this bookcover (the one to which you linked):
- hardcover
Lisa Kay wrote: "Rhonda, the page numbers for that book are all over the board. I do see one with that page count: - hardcoverIf that is not the edition you read, the only thing ..."
That would be great LK. I picked it up a few days ago in a used bookstore and noted the page number discrepancy when I was adding it to my books.
Is it hardback or paperback, Rhonda?
Lisa Kay wrote: "Is it hardback or paperback, Rhonda?"Lisa Kay wrote: "Is it hardback or paperback, Rhonda?"
Hardback.
And it is the brown one, right? Just double checking.
Yes, it's gold/brown, looks like a fancy ceiling in a courthouse or government type building with white lettering for title and author.
Hi, I posted this last week and I think it got missed so I'll repost it. Please could you have a look at this one for me? I've found it on Amazon with the kindle version listed as having 160 pages ( http://www.amazon.com/Possession-In-D... ) and it's available as part of a two short story book with 320 pages ( http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Books/de... ) but I haven't managed to find a word count (I have no idea where you manage to find so many of them!)
It's currently on a team mate's shelf (the audio version which supposedly has 3 pages!) but I'll leave it there for this update and message her when I have the decision if that's ok?
Hi. I need a bit of help again.I know it is Sunday and it is 2 books I have read and there are no doubts they are both long enough so no hurry.
- here on GR it is 493 pages. the book didn't feel that long and on Amazon it is only 269 which fits better. A mistake might have been made as the file size says 493kb
this edition is the one that has the asin number of the book I have read but a different cover. This kindle edition is missing pagenumbers, according to Amazon it is 834
edit: I found success at AR BookFinder for my first search so I'm just going to use that for all. Still would appreciate help on my problem below!original post: Don't know if this has been asked because I'm not reading through 13 pages of text right now. I feel so dumb... how do you find a word count on Worldcat? I go there and I see nothing obvious about finding a word count. When I did an ISBN search for one title, it just brought me to 3 versions of the book so I clicked on the first one and all I saw was a bunch of words that describe the book and some symbols and numbers that mean nothing to me.
Tried Ingram and I'm just lost.
I'm pretty frustrated. How do I verify word counts for chunksters if I don't even know what I'm looking for? Thanks for any help.
*posted in Capt group for chunkster redemption, too
Answered you in the Captains' Group, too, Teresa. ☺
Claire wrote: ""I'll keep researching for an actual word count, Claire. However, it doesn't look promising. It looks like an in-between book (thus, the 0.5 numbering) and on audio is only about three hours.
Jane wrote: ""With this one, we will allow it, even though it doesn't have a paperback edition to verify page count. We've talked to several people who agree is is long enough to count as a regular read. However, it won't be allowed for a "chunkster."
- Worldcat shows this as being 685 pages with (approximately) 24 of them plates/pictures/maps.We are NOT currently updating any Kindle data, as they are about to "take over" and do their thing anyway. All our work would be for naught.
Claire wrote: ""In my research, this book was included in this anthology: The Other Side to which it was then released as an audiobook. It is classified as a novella and the audiobook is around 3 hours long. I cannot find the word count either.
Based on this information, I would say that it is less than 40,000 words and will not count for this challenge.
Claire - the "3 pages" identified for the audiobook is the number or disks/CDs which is how GR records the "pages".
CountessPaige wrote: "Claire - the "3 pages" identified for the audiobook is how GR records the "pages"."Yes, "pages" meaning CDs.
Can't find a book on ARBookFinder and since Worldcat only seems to show page counts (Or I'm completely blind to their word count section) and Ingram is Greek to me, and Smashwords seems to only show ebook word counts, I need some help verifying the word count of this book: Cowboy Take Me Away. This is a mass market paperback.Both GR and Amazon show 464 pages. Do I look for the publisher to find a word count? Find the audio or ebook version if it exists and use that info? I'm so lost...and feel like I'm just missing something obvious here. I even Googled 'word count for blah blah book title author' and found just a bunch of links on writing novels. With the book being so close to the 450 page count for chunkster eligibility, I was hoping to find word count verification.
LOL - I fixed the above. I actually lost the post when I went to edit it!
Baroness Blue wrote: "Can't find a book on ARBookFinder and since Worldcat only seems to show page counts (Or I'm completely blind to their word count section) and Ingram is Greek to me, and Smashwords seems to only sho..."Baroness Blue - I would say to just post it in the redemption thread and we will take care of it. While I appreciate the help of you looking for the word count, don't stress over it!
Okay, Paige, thanks! I didn't want to just plop down titles all willy-nilly and make you guys have to do all the research, hehe.
I have added a new edition of the best exotic marigold hotel.I would be grateful if one of the librarians will check it and see that I haven't made too many mistakes.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jane wrote: "I have added a new edition of the best exotic marigold hotel.I would be grateful if one of the librarians will check it and see that I haven't made too many mistakes.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
It looks great, Jane. I just added duration and combined it with its fellow editions.
Wolf's Mate Series
= 78,450 words = 313.8 pages
= 62,370 words = 249.48 pages
= 95,730 words = 383.92 pages
= 57,890 words = 232.56 pages
= 47,610 words = 190.44
= 63,950 words = 255.8
Evil Twin One (Ange) wrote: "I looked up 
on smashwords and its 61,620 words. That would be over 200 pages right?"Yep! The rule of thumb we've been using is to divide by 250. 61,620 words = 246 pages.
Can I get a book approval please?
has no listed page numbers in GR. However, Smashwords has its word count as 87,800. That comes to 351 pages approximately. Could someone help me change it in GR page also? (Amazon doesn't have a listing for this book)Thanks!
I a currently reading two books and have questions about both of them concerning page numbers:Elegy for Eddie by Jacquie Winspear
Amazon says 368 pages
Kindle says 449 pages
Goodreads says 335 pages
and
The English Girl by Daniel Silva
Amazon says 496 pages
Kindle says 473 pages
Goodreads says 496 pages
What are the amount of pages you find for both books that I can use for various challenges?
Mod
"Approved. 87,800 = 351 pages.
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