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message 1: by Clwseattle (new)

Clwseattle | 91 comments Hello, When I made the Shelfari migration over to Goodreads there was a pretty large discrepancy in the number of books I read and the total pages. Since then I have been in contact with Claire L., Goodreads support who, at one point was able to add a correct edition of a book to reflect the pages that were completely missing from the Goodreads offered editions. Also, I found some of my editions were as audio, and I never listen to books and others were eBooks which I use very rarely. I think that was a failure of Shelfari and the way we chose our editions. Occasionally a ISBN or title will come up marked as read, but even so that edition is not available to mark as the edition I read.

I mentioned to Claire that as I checked all my books I would keep a list of which books were without pages or were clearly the wrong edition, that is published AFTER I know I read them. (Yes, I keep a running book journal by author, title, published year and when I read the book!) Claire suggested “adding the direct links to the book pages (instead of the ISBN or ASIN). That would make it easier for our librarians to add the page numbers. You might want to check with WorldCat as well for the correct pages, as we generally follow how they count pages for books.”

I used WorldCat but I also searched/researched:
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/
FictionDB - http://www.fictiondb.com/
Barnes and Noble - - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
King County Library System - http://www.kcls.org/ which is where I get about 99.5% of the books I read.
Some on the list have two sources and still some have sources that do NOT provide the number of pages. I sincerely hope you will be able to update Goodreads with these editions.

Thank you,

Under Oath by Shelby Yastrow
https://www.worldcat.org/title/under-...
ISBN: 0786500050 9780786500055
OCLC Number: 30149888
Notes: "A Bernard Geis Associates book."
Description: 340 pages ; 18 cm

http://www.fictiondb.com/author/shelb... :
First Edition Mass Market Paperback:May-1994
Dial Press
ISBN: 0786500050
ISBN13: 9780786500055
Published: May-1994
Formats: Print / eBook
Pages: 312

The Twelve Apostles by William Jeremiah Coughlin
https://www.worldcat.org/title/twelve...
ISBN: 0399129111 9780399129117
OCLC Number: 10185537
Description: 347 pages ; 24 cm

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-t...
ISBN-13: 9780451136046
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 06/04/1985
Pages: 448

Into the Fire (John Becker #4) by David Wiltse
https://www.worldcat.org/title/into-t...
SBN: 0399139699 9780399139697
OCLC Number: 30624516
Description: 317 p. ; 24 cm.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/into-...
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780399139697
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 10/05/1994
Series: John Becker Series, #4
Pages: 320

The Wedding Guest by David Wiltse
https://www.worldcat.org/title/weddin...
ISBN: 0440094437 9780440094432
OCLC Number: 7733817
Description: 312 pages ; 24 cm

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-w...
ISBN-13: 9780385291316
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/28/1982
Pages: 320

Principal Defense (Kate Millholland #1) by Gini Hartzmark
https://www.worldcat.org/title/princi...
ISBN: 0804110743 9780804110747
OCLC Number: 26406783
Description: 312 pages ; 18 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Principal-Defen...
Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: Ivy Books (1992)
Language: English
ASIN: B0041RPE7W

Suitor by Michael Allegretto
https://www.worldcat.org/title/suitor...
ISBN: 0671736442 9780671736446
OCLC Number: 26673354
Description: 240 pages ; 25 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Suitor-Michael-...
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (January 5, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671736442
ISBN-13: 978-0671736446

Blood Stone by Michael Allegretto
https://www.worldcat.org/title/blood-...
ISBN: 0684189666 9780684189666 0380711192 9780380711192
OCLC Number: 17649299
Description: 261 pages ; 22 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Stone-Jac...
Hardcover: 261 pages
Publisher: Scribner; First Edition edition (August 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684189666
ISBN-13: 978-0684189666

Star Witness: A Willa Jansson Mystery (Willa Jansson #6) by Lia Matera
https://www.worldcat.org/title/star-w...
ISBN: 0684834693 9780684834696 9781416567707 1416567704
OCLC Number: 36430573
Performer(s): Bauer, Alexa.
Description: 255 p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.amazon.com/STAR-WITNESS-Wi...
Series: Willa Jansson Mystery
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (June 11, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684834693
ISBN-13: 978-0684834696

Last Chants: A Willa Jansson Mystery (Willa Jansson #5) by Lia Matera
https://www.worldcat.org/title/last-c...
ISBN: 0684810859 9780684810850
OCLC Number: 34113651
Description: 255 p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.amazon.com/LAST-CHANTS-Wil...
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (June 18, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684810859
ISBN-13: 978-0684810850

Death on the Rocks by Michael Allegretto
https://www.worldcat.org/title/death-...
SBN: 0684187582 9780684187587
OCLC Number: 15789702
Description: 232 pages ; 23 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Death-Rocks-Mic...
Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Scribner; 1st edition (June 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0684187582
ISBN-13: 978-0684187587

The Vulture Fund by Stephen W. Frey
https://www.worldcat.org/title/vultur...
ISBN: 0525939865 9780525939863
OCLC Number: 34243668
Description: 378 pages ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Stephen W. Frey.

http://www.amazon.com/Vulture-Fund-St...
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Dutton Adult (August 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525939865
ISBN-13: 978-0525939863

Nowhere To Run by Robert Daley
https://www.worldcat.org/title/nowher...
SBN: 0446520632 9780446520638
OCLC Number: 34113217
Description: 460 pages ; 24 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Nowhere-Run-Rob...
Hardcover: 460 pages
Publisher: Warner Books; First Edition edition (October 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446520632
ISBN-13: 978-0446520638

Little Green Men by Christopher Buckley
https://www.worldcat.org/title/little...
ISBN: 0679452931 9780679452935
OCLC Number: 39498042
Description: 300 pages ; 25 cm

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/littl...
SBN-13: 9780679452935
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/16/1999
Pages: 300

Clueless In Seattle by Steve Oliver
https://www.worldcat.org/title/cluele...
ISBN: 0964413868 9780964413863
OCLC Number: 33383857
Description: 137 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Clueless-Seattl...
Paperback: 137 pages
Publisher: Offbyone Press (June 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0964413868
ISBN-13: 978-0964413863

Easy Money by Barbara Wright
https://www.worldcat.org/title/easy-m...
ISBN: 0945575637 9780945575634
OCLC Number: 31707499
Description: 390 p. ; 19 cm.

http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Money-Barb...
Hardcover: 390 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; 1st edition (May 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0945575637
ISBN-13: 978-0945575634

Christmas with Southern Living 2000
https://www.worldcat.org/title/christ...
ISBN: 084871959X : 9780848719593
OCLC Number: 44668764
Notes: Includes index.
"20th anniversary edition"--Cover.
Description: 192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-South...
Series: Christmas with Southern Living
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Oxmoor House; (July 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 084871959X
ISBN-13: 978-0848719593

With Deadly Intent by Louise Hendricksen
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/with-...
ISBN-13: 9780821744086
Publisher: Kensington
Publication date: 12/01/1993
Pages: 304

The New Fit or Fat by Covert Bailey
https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-fi...
ISBN: 0395585643 9780395585641
OCLC Number: 23355872
Notes: Revised edition of: Fit or fat? 1978.
Description: xi, 167 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

http://www.amazon.com/New-Fit-Fat-Cov...
Paperback: 167 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; Revised edition (August 12, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0395585643
ISBN-13: 978-0395585641

Marvelous Secrets by Marian Coe
https://www.worldcat.org/title/marvel...
SBN: 0963334182 9780963334183
OCLC Number: 44574060
Description: viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-m...
SBN-13: 9780963334183
Publisher: Southlore Press
Publication date: 06/28/2000
Pages: 232

Open and Shut (Andy Carpenter #1) by David Rosenfelt
https://www.worldcat.org/title/open-a...
SBN: 089296748X 9780892967483
OCLC Number: 49676155
Description: viii, 243 pages ; 24 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Open-Shut-David...
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Mysterious Press (May 9, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 089296748X
ISBN-13: 978-0892967483


message 2: by Clwseattle (new)

Clwseattle | 91 comments MORE!:
The Girlfriends Club by Judith Henry Wall
https://www.worldcat.org/title/girlfr...
ISBN: 0684873877 9780684873879
OCLC Number: 49568498
Description: 319 pages ; 24 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Girlfriends-Clu...
Hardcover: 576 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0739426052
ISBN-13: 978-0739426050

Money for Nothing by Donald E. Westlake
https://www.worldcat.org/title/money-...
SBN: 0892967870 9780892967872
OCLC Number: 50718641
Description: 294 pages ; 24 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Money-Nothing-D...
Series: Westlake, Donald
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Mysterious Press; First Edition edition (May 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0892967870
ISBN-13: 978-0892967872

Like a Watered Garden (Garden Gates #1) by Patti Hill
https://www.worldcat.org/title/like-a...
ISBN: 0764229370 9780764229374
OCLC Number: 56414002
Description: 318 pages ; 22 cm.

http://www.amazon.com/Like-Watered-Ga...
• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bethany House (2003)
• ISBN-10: 0739449222
• ISBN-13: 978-0739449226

A.P.B.: All Points Bulletin (Whit Pynchon Mystery #1) by Dave Pedneau
https://www.worldcat.org/title/apb/oc...
SBN: 0345342054 : 9780345342058
OCLC Number: 17246092
Notes: Cover title: A.P.B. all points bulletin.
Description: 310 pages ; 18 cm

http://www.fictiondb.com/author/dave-...
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback
Nov-1987
Ballantine
ISBN: 0345342054
ISBN13: 9780345342058

Encyclopedia of Victorian Colored Glass Book 1: Toothpick Holders from A to Z
by William Heacock
https://www.worldcat.org/title/encycl...

http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Vi...
Hardcover: 67 pages
Publisher: Antique Pubns; 2nd edition (June 1976)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0915410028
ISBN-13: 978-0915410026

Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2005 by Jesuit Communication Centre Ireland
https://www.worldcat.org/title/sacred...
SBN: 0855723483 9780855723484
OCLC Number: 224204082
Description: viii, 374 pages ; 21 cm

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sacre...
ISBN-13: 9781594710308
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Publication date: 09/28/2004
Pages: 384

Hot Flash Holidays: A Novel (Hot Flash Club #3) by Nancy Thayer
https://www.worldcat.org/title/hot-fl...
ISBN: 0345485513 9780345485519 0345485521 9780345485526
OCLC Number: 61240770
Description: 287 pages ; 21 cm

https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/s...
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2005
ISBN: 0345485521 (TR)
0345485513
Branch Call Number: FIC THAYER
Characteristics: 287 p. ; 21 cm

Homesick Creek: A Novel by Diane Hammond
https://www.worldcat.org/title/homesi...
ISBN: 0385509448 9780385509442 0345460995 9780345460998
OCLC Number: 77006638
Notes: Originally published by Doubleday Books in 2005.
Includes Reader's circle Reader's group guide (p. [343]-350).
Description: vii, 350 pages ; 22 cm.


http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/homes...
ISBN-13: 9780385509442
Publisher: Doubleday Publishing
Publication date: 07/05/2005
Pages:352

Please Don't Drink the Holy Water! Homeschool Days, Rosary Nights, and Other Near Occasions of Sin
by Susie Lloyd
https://www.worldcat.org/title/please...
ISBN: 1928832199 9781928832195
OCLC Number: 56532563
Description: xii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Please-Dont-Dri...!
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press (September 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1928832199
ISBN-13: 978-1928832195

How I Became Stupid by Martin Page
https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-i-...
ISBN: 0142004952 9780142004951
OCLC Number: 54752822
Description: 160 pages ; 19 cm

http://www.amazon.com/How-Became-Stup...
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books (November 30, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142004952
ISBN-13: 978-0142004951


Sleight of Hand (Barbara Holloway #9) by Kate Wilhelm
https://www.worldcat.org/title/sleigh...
SBN: 9780778323402 0778323404
OCLC Number: 71192311
Notes: "A Barbara Holloway novel"--Cover.
Description: 360 pages ; 25 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Sleight-Hand-Ba...
Series: Barbara Holloway Novels
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Mira; First Printing edition (September 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778323404
ISBN-13: 978-0778323402

Susannah's Garden (Blossom Street #3) by Debbie Macomber
https://www.worldcat.org/title/susann...
ISBN: 0778323021 9780778323020
OCLC Number: 67306433
Description: 347 pages ; 25 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Susannahs-Garde...
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Mira; First Edition edition (May 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778323021
ISBN-13: 978-0778323020

311 Pelican Court (Cedar Cove #3) by Debbie Macomber
https://www.worldcat.org/title/311-pe...
ISBN: 1551667193 9781551667195
OCLC Number: 52912336
Description: 377 pages ; 17 cm.


Help! Mom! The 9th Circuit Nabbed the Nativity!: (Or, How the Liberals Stole Christmas) by Katharine DeBrecht
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/help-...
SBN-13: 9780976726920
Publisher:Kids Ahead
Publication date:01/28/2007

https://www.worldcat.org/title/help-m...

The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book by America's Test Kitchen (Editor)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/americ...
ISBN: 9781933615226 1933615222
OCLC Number: 226356788


http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Kitche...
ISBN-13: 9781933615226
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
Publication date: 09/28/2008
Pages: 544

Ceramic Tile How To: Real People Real Projects (Hometime Series)
by John Kelsey, Pamela S. Price, Dean Johnson
https://www.worldcat.org/title/cerami...
ISBN: 1890257052 9781890257057
OCLC Number: 40876477
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 96 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Ceramic-Tile-Ho...
• Series: Hometime Series
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Hometime (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890257052
• ISBN-13: 978-1890257057

Magpie: Sweets and Savories from Philadelphia's Favorite Pie Boutique
by Holly Ricciardi, Miriam Harris (Contributor)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/magpie...
ISBN: 9780762454532 0762454539
OCLC Number: 900624156
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/s...
Publisher: Philadelphia :, Running Press,, [2015]
ISBN: 0762454539 (hardcover)
9780762454532 (hardcover)
Branch Call Number: 641.8652 RIC
Characteristics: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Magpie-Savories...
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (September 15, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762454539
• ISBN-13: 978-0762454532

Uncovering Secrets: The Third Novel in the Rosemont Series by Barbara Hinske (Goodreads Author)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/uncove...
ISBN: 9780996274708 0996274707
OCLC Number: 922969452
Description: 271 pages ; 23 cm.


https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/s...
Publisher: Phoenix, Ariz. : Casa del Northern Publishing, c2015
ISBN: 0996274707 (trade pbk.)
9780996274708 (trade pbk.)
Branch Call Number: FIC HINSKE
Characteristics: 271 p. ; 23 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Uncovering-Secr...
• Series: Rosemont Series
• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Casa del Northern Publishing (June 14, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0996274707
• ISBN-13: 978-0996274708

Deep Fried and Pickled (The Rachael O'Brien Chronicles #1) by Paisley Ray
https://www.worldcat.org/title/deep-f...
ISBN: 9781500685041 1500685046
OCLC Number: 924459621
Description: 405 pages ; 23 cm

https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/s...
Publisher: [United States?] :, [Paisley Ray],, [2014]
Copyright Date: ©2012
ISBN: 1500685046
9781500685041
Branch Call Number: FIC RAY
Characteristics: vii, 405 pages ; 23 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Fried-Pickled-R...
• Series: The Rachael O'Brien Chronicles
• Paperback: 414 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (October 8, 2014)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1500685046
• ISBN-13: 978-1500685041


message 3: by Clwseattle (new)

Clwseattle | 91 comments and FEW MORE!:

Making Spirits Bright
by Fern Michaels (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Bass (Goodreads Author), Rosalind Noonan, Nan Rossiter (Goodreads Author)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/making...
ISBN: 9781420108361 1420108360 9781617933523 161793352X
OCLC Number: 682893374
Description: 424 pages ; 18 cm.

http://www.amazon.com/Making-Spirits-...
• Series: Zebra Fiction
• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Zebra; 1 edition (November 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420108360
• ISBN-13: 978-1420108361

Congratulations... You're Hired! The must read Career Guide to land the job of your dreams: College Edition
by Patricia D. Sadar, Teresa Kerrigan
https://www.worldcat.org/title/congra...
ISBN: 9780982376508 0982376502
OCLC Number: 794114167
Notes: Cover title.
Description: 98 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/s...
Publisher: [Pompano Beach, Fla.] : Congrats Books, c2009
Edition: College ed
ISBN: 0982376510 (hc)
9780982376515 (hc)
0982376502 (pbk.)
9780982376508 (pbk.)
Branch Call Number: 650.14 SAD
Characteristics: 98 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Congratulations...!
• aperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Congrats Books (August 21, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982376502
• ISBN-13: 978-0982376508

Ciao Italia Family Classics: More than 200 Treasured Recipes from Three Generations of Italian Cooks
by Mary Ann Esposito
https://www.worldcat.org/title/ciao-i...
ISBN: 9780312571214 0312571216
OCLC Number: 757708407
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 452 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

http://www.amazon.com/Ciao-Italia-Fam...

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (October 25, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312571216
• ISBN-13: 978-0312571214

Return to Sunday Dinner Revised & Updated: The Simple Delight of Family, Friends, and Food
by Russell Cronkhite
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Sunday-D...

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Rev Exp edition (October 15, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401604803
• ISBN-13: 978-1401604806


message 4: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Please note that we cannot use B&N's site, or any non-Amazon bookseller site, for book data. Nor can we use http://www.fictiondb.com/

Please see: https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/4...


message 5: by Clwseattle (new)

Clwseattle | 91 comments Thank you. I did not know that! Luckily, most have WorldCat and/or Amazon references and ISBN's for those that don't


message 8: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments Message 3, page count added/updated to these editions:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

no changes made to:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

If you have any further questions, please post a link to that edition on Goodreads. Might also be better for more complicated requests to limit it to one book per message, or number the requests when there are multiple in one post, to make it easier to refer to the correct request.


message 9: by Clwseattle (new)

Clwseattle | 91 comments Re: For no changes to some editions:
So for this one https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... I read it in 2003 and there is no edition listed for then and of course it would have been impossible to read a 2008 editon then!

Thanks for all your help.


message 10: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments Clwseattle wrote: "Re: For no changes to some editions:
So for this one https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... I read it in 2003 and there is no edition listed for then and of course it would ha..."


Corrected that edition to May 2003, according to Worldcat and Amazon.


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