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Questions (not edit requests) > Amazon page number vs actual page number

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message 1: by Lara (new) - added it

Lara (pialfa) | 100 comments Hi! I decided to put this in questions and not in page numbering request because I'm not sure if this could be considered one.

Basically, this Spanish version of The Ruins of Gorlan has 256 pages. At least that is what its amazon page says. The problem is I have the book, but instead of 256 it has 308 pages (or 312, if you count the ones which don't have a number). I looked it up several times and it is the exact same book. The ISBN is the same (9788416387847).

I'm not sure if then someone could change its page count because the source should be Amazon, but Amazon seems to be wrong. I would like to know if I should do a change numbering request or not, or what would it be the best solution to this problem.


message 2: by Olivia (last edited Feb 01, 2020 12:49PM) (new)

Olivia (livka) | 7926 comments The source of page count for Paperback or Hardcover editions should not be Amazon, but a book in hand.
We would sometimes use WorldCat, as it tends to list a real page count.
Amazon should be a source of page count only for Kindle and Audible editions.
Could you please clarify what is on unnumbered pages?


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Lara (pialfa) | 100 comments Olivia wrote: "The source of page count for Paperback or Hardcover editions should not be Amazon, but a book in hand.
We would sometimes use WorldCat, as it tends to list a real page count.
Amazon should be a sou..."


Oh, ok! Then I'll make the request. I was confused because I'm sure I saw a post from a moderator or someone like that who said you needed to look on Amazon to put the page count, but maybe it was just referring to Kindle and Audible editions.

About the unnumbered pages, it shows the next book on the series's cover and its synopsis.


message 4: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31478 comments We don't count previews or ads for other books, so 308 pages.

And someone has got this.


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