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Dec 07, 2016 02:02AM
Kindly add the number of pages of the book 578 in order to update my number op pages read. Thank you
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Madeleine, can you please give the ISBN/ASIN as we need that to verify the book details. The link above isn't sufficient.
Hi Sandra, More information
Koors | Crime & Thriller
Author: Deon Meyer
Category: Crime & Thriller
ISBN: 9780798173858
Date Released: 02 August 2016
Madeleine, that ISBN looks to be the kindle edition, which we don't use. But it is sufficient for our purposes as long as it is the kindle edition we are talking about.So Amazon is coming up with 603 pages for the kindle edition.
What have you got after the 578th page?
this is a publishers site http://www.humanrousseau.com/Books/19689 and it says 584 pages in the contrary to amazon
After Page 578 is the list of references used by the author.
Madeleine wrote: "After Page 578 is the list of references used by the author."That should be included in the page count.
(@monika: Publishers are generally not a reliable source for page counts, as they tend to include any blank pages at the end.)
OK Madeleine we include those. So does it come up to 584 as monika suggests?
Sandra wrote: "So Amazon is coming up with 603 pages for the kindle edition."For Kindle editions, Amazon is the only authority.
Not if the publisher says otherwise. Like WorldCat, Amazon is not always right.
Sandra wrote: "Not if the publisher says otherwise. Like WorldCat, Amazon is not always right."I believe publishers don't have Kindle information on their pages? Anyway, according to the publisher, the ISBN belongs to a paperback.
Sandra wrote: "OK Madeleine we include those. So does it come up to 584 as monika suggests?"Yes thank you Sandra!
Well according to Amazon the isbn redirects to the kindle edition.
Re Kindle page counts, see f.e. comments #8-9 in this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...This was the first clear proof I came across when doing a search, but it has been stated before, and by rivka as well.
lethe wrote: "(@monika: Publishers are generally not a reliable source for page counts, as they tend to include any blank pages at the end.)"well i think that also depends on a country i mean.. i think you would be surprised if you took polish (my native) book and saw that the chapter 1 / prologue (whatever the book starts with) is already for example page 9 because the publisher counts all the dedications, title page etc as a part of a book...
@ Sandra i think it would be the best if Madeleine confirmed whether she owns a paperback or ebook
monika wrote: "you would be surprised if you took polish (my native) book and saw that the chapter 1 / prologue (whatever the book starts with) starts with for example page 9 because the publisher count all the dedications, title page etc as a part of a book..."Not surprised at all, that is the general custom. The first page of text is seldom numbered 1. And so publishers also count the blank pages at the end as part of the book, but GR doesn't.
I owe the paperback edition!
OK, well that changes everything. And your ISBN isn't in Goodreads, so a new edition will need to be added.
In addition to my comment #14, I came across one by rivka: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Maybe we should ask to have it explicitly stated in the Manual?
