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message 1: by Greg (new)

Greg Barwis | 99 comments Howdy! I hope it's okay to put multiple entries in a single comment... if not, let me know, and I'll break apart future submissions into their own individual posts.


ISBN 9780061251337
-- The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves
-- Please correct to 296 pages
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/authent...

ISBN 9780883658482
-- 2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words
-- Please add page numbers of 563 (seems to currently be missing)
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/2000-mo...
-- (not sure if this is the right place for it, but the title in Goodreads is "... Challenging Obscure ..." but should be "... Challenging and Obscure ... ", see the WorldCat page or the book's entry on Amazon)

ISBN 9781592552276
-- Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design, and Evolution
-- Please correct to 255 pages
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/origins...

ISBN 9780060155896
-- Time Power
-- Please correct to 209 pages
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/time-po...

ISBN 9780385472562
-- The Fifth Discipline - Fieldbook
-- Please correct to 593 pages
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/fifth-d...

ISBN 9780805097016
-- Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation
-- Please correct to 264 pages
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/quick-a...

ISBN 9780071351454
-- Bringing Out the Best in People
-- Please correct to 245 pages
-- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
-- http://www.worldcat.org/title/bringin...


Thank you!


message 2: by Gizem (new)

Gizem (gisela92) | 41 comments Greg wrote: "Howdy! I hope it's okay to put multiple entries in a single comment... if not, let me know, and I'll break apart future submissions into their own individual posts.


ISBN 9780061251337
-- The Auth..."


All done! :> How come there are so many mistakes?


message 3: by Greg (new)

Greg Barwis | 99 comments I'm inventorying my physical book collection and adding them to Goodreads now, checking them as I go along. Most of the ones with errors so far seem to be a little older and a little less common, so perhaps they just haven't previously been corrected?

I have also noticed that several of the Goodreads entries that were incorrect actually matched the Amazon page count (which also was incorrect, based on looking at the actual physical book, and on the WorldCat site), so perhaps some of these titles were automatically generated from an Amazon data pull, at some point.

Finally, I've noticed that most of those Amazon page counts would be correct if the roman numeral introductory sections were counted (i.e., a physical count of pages, rather than the page numbers in the book), but Goodreads guidance says not to count those, and WorldCat data doesn't count them.

Thanks for your quick responses on these!


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