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Gruia | 268 comments Please correct the page number for ISBN 9781471149290

Current number: 369

Correct number: 379

Discussion:
The body of the text is 371 pages long and it counts only the pages of the story, ignoring the title page, colophon etc. I added the rest, including the blank pages left inbetween (they would also become part of the presentation of the book, as the editor's choice) to a total of 379.

Amazon counts the five blank pages at the very end, to a total of 384:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Back-Moscow-...


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lethe | 16368 comments What is the number of the last page of text belonging to the book? Title pages and other unnumbered pages (or in Roman numerals) in the front should not be added to the total page count.

What counts is the last numbered page of the book belonging to the text, plus any unnumbered pages after that which include text (or illustrations) belonging to the book, such as acknowledgements and colophon (if at the end of the book, not if it's the reverse title page). Not to be included are previews and adverts for other books, or a list of the author's other books.


Gruia | 268 comments The text is simply numbered from 1 to 371. There are no other page numerotations in the book.

The colophon is at the back of the title page. After that comes an excerpt from Checkov's Three Sisters, unnumbered, a blank page behind it and then the main body of text (page number 1).

The back of page 371 is blank, then comes a small piece of text about the author (where he was born, where he lived and the fact that this is his first novel), also unnumbered. Then there follow five blank pages.


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lethe | 16368 comments Thanks, have corrected it to 371.

Could you provide the publisher's name and the date of publication?


Gruia | 268 comments The book is published by Scribner (an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK) in 2016.


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lethe | 16368 comments Thanks, added.


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