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Page Numbering Requests > Incorrect page count (but consistent with publisher)

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Mirko Salaris (salarismirko) | 3 comments Goodreads, the official publisher, as well as the amazon page, all list the page count as 572 pages.

(official publisher: bur rizzolilibri
amazon page: on amazon.it, with product id 8817005533)

HOWEVER, the book in my hand (ISBN 9788817005531), actually has 812 (807 is the last written page number, then there are 5 more pages).

How should I manage this situation? Should I add a new edition of the book to GoodReads? Should I just fix the page count?


message 2: by Roee (new)

Roee | 2177 comments The two ISBNs are for the same book (ISBN10 and ISBN13).
Is your edition from 2005? With the same cover?


Mirko Salaris (salarismirko) | 3 comments Ohhh, that's it. Same exact cover, same ISBN, but it's a different year (2021).
I'll add a new edition then.

Thank you very much!


message 4: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
If the cover and ISBN are the same, then unless the content differs in some way, we would not create a new edition for a new printing.


message 5: by Roee (new)

Roee | 2177 comments worldcat also says it's 570/572 pages.
So either all of the sources are mistaken, or it is a really new edition, with extra 230 pages.
Is there anything special at page 572?


Mirko Salaris (salarismirko) | 3 comments Nothing special. A very normal page, in the middle of chapter 80 (of 99 chapters).

I guess it's really a new edition: it has PRECISELY the same cover as the 2005 edition (yeah, even the watermark in the left corner), but the frontmatter clearly mention: "Sixteenth edition BUR Contemporanea: June 2021" (my translation from Italian).


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