Page counts for ebooks when publisher provides none

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Just a reminder about a section in the Manual it seems a number of experienced librarians have forgotten about, although it's not a recent addition.

If the publisher does not provide a page number [for an ebook], you may estimate the page count using a tool such as Calibre's Count Pages plugin. Be sure to leave a librarian note that this is an estimate and that the page number should be changed if the publisher releases a specific page count.

https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/2...

[lethe]

Oops, one of them would be me :)

I think I'd forgotten because I don't do ebooks myself and had no idea what this Calibre's Count Pages plugin was. I never came across it here either.

I'm guessing this is something the reader themselves must calculate, and let us know stating they have used this plugin?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Yes, or any equivalent tool or reasonable calculation. Here are some examples: http://www.fionaraven.com/estimate-yo...

Just be sure to indicate by Note that the page count is an estimate from [method] and should be replaced if there is an official count.

[Gerd]

I usually use the page count given by my Sony Reader app, didn't hear of Caliber's Count Pages plugin before.

[Sandra]

Rivka, are we still able to use page numbers from PDF's?

All my ebooks are still PDFs.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "Rivka, are we still able to use page numbers from PDF's?"

That section of the Manual is also still unchanged.

[Sandra]

Excellent.

Occasionally I come across librarians who remove my page numbers, I assume because they can't verify them, but they never ask where I've gotten the numbers from :(