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Pamela
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Jul 11, 2015 02:30AM
Just wanna ask how to properly record page numbers. Say I have Book X and the story lasts for 300 pages, but there's a bonus at the end, acknowledgements, and previews for other books that lasts another 50 pages. Do we record Book X to have 300 pages or 350?
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https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/2... This field is for entering the number of pages of a book. Page numbers should match the page numbers as listed in the book, and should include all content except for advertisements and preview chapters for other books. Included end material may include acknowledgments, afterwords, appendices, glossaries, indexes, notes, and suggested discussion questions. For audio books, the number of hours rounded up should be used in lieu of number of pages.
From the manual.
Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "This field is for entering the number of pages of a book. Page numbers should match the page numbers as listed in the book, and should inclu..."Alright, thanks :)
In the example above I would use 300 pages and leave a comment with the change that including bonus materiel the books is 350 pages. Just in case someone decides to change the numbering.Thanks for asking :)
I would record the page number of the last page of the acknowledgements, since those still belong to the book. The following previews should be left out.
Sorry, um, what if as an added bonus content, a prequel novella was added at the end of Book X? It doesn't necessarily fall under "advertisements and preview chapters" so would we still add the page count of the novella to Book X's page count?
Maybe it's best if you list the extras here in the order they appear in the book, in order to decide which would be the correct page count :)It this is just a hypothetical book, I'd advise to cross that bridge when you get there :P
lethe wrote: "Maybe it's best if you list the extras here in the order they appear in the book, in order to decide which would be the correct page count :)It this is just a hypothetical book, I'd advise to cro..."
Haha I wish! I can think of one book that's actually like that.
The book is entitled Opposition and Opposition itself ends at page 352 (354 with acknowledgements) and at page 355, Shadows (the prequel novella) begins and there's even a separate copyright page for it. The novella ends at page 533 (534 for its own acknowledgements page). Maybe I should just add a Librarian Note or something? :)
I would set the page count to 534, because the prequel belongs to the book. The novella has to be mentioned in the description though, and maybe even in the title field, as it is on the cover. In that case, I don't even think it should be combined with any editions that don't include the prequel.I'm not sure about the title/combine bit though. Anybody else want to weigh in?
lethe wrote: "I would set the page count to 534, because the prequel belongs to the book. The novella has to be mentioned in the description though, and maybe even in the title field, as it is on the cover. In t..."As in this case the prequel is about 200 pages (almost half the book) I also think it should be separate from the main book and mentioned in the title.
Also Pamela might wanna leave a link to this topic in librarian note or comment section for future references.
Agree with lethe and Ellie (despite my lack of experience in these matters). But I was thinking - how to show its sequence in the Lux series? books 0.5-5 is obviously incorrect and I'm not sure if we can mark it as books 0.5 & 5 [Never seen such thing before]. If the latter is not okay, maybe leave the book number as blank?
Michael wrote: "Agree with lethe and Ellie (despite my lack of experience in these matters). But I was thinking - how to show its sequence in the Lux series? books 0.5-5 is obviously incorrect and I'm not sure if ...""0.5, 5" Is how I've always marked the field on the series page in similar cases.
If there is a book that is only book 5 I will not mark it as a primary book but if that is the only edition containing book 5 I would mark is a primary book.
I have also seen things like "[number(s)] & extras" and "[number(s)] & short story". So far only for omnibus editions though, IIRC.(Example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...)
(Another example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... - following this example, it could be book "5, 0.5", or else your suggestions)
lethe wrote: "I have also seen things like "[number(s)] & extras" and "[number(s)] & short story". So far only for omnibus editions though, IIRC.(Example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1......"
And I've seen the name of the short stories added for anthologies, but in this case as it is a simpler series I think 0.5, 5 will work well.
I'm not entirely sure if separating the 5th book with the prequel from the other 5th books without the prequel would be the best thing. It sounds like you're considering it as a different book (say like how a first book is different from an omnibus with the 1st & 2nd book in it), when in fact the novella is just an added bonus (or was included or collector's edition, etc.)But it makes sense to separate them as well. So I'm not really sure what to do at this point.
