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message 1: by N99 (new)

N99 | 246 comments The Family Tree
ISBN: 9781544153865

202 pages, 2 empty pages, 1 About the Author page, 1 empty page, 1 page ad, 6 pages excerpt of other book (still numbered), 1 page ad, rest empty. Rest is empty besides an Amazon barcode.


message 2: by Greg (new)

Greg | 9272 comments Done - 203 pages.


message 3: by N99 (new)

N99 | 246 comments That makes no sense.


message 4: by Greg (last edited Nov 28, 2022 10:17AM) (new)

Greg | 9272 comments We don't count advertisements or excerpts of other books and there's no reason to count blank pages at the end.

https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...


message 5: by N99 (new)

N99 | 246 comments You don't count random pages throughout the book, either, I assume. Which would be the only way to get to 203 pages.


message 6: by Greg (new)

Greg | 9272 comments You did say there were 202 pages, then 2 blank pages, then 1 page about the author, then 1 blank page, then 1 advertisement page, then 6 pages of excerpts of the author's other books, then another advertisement, followed by more blank pages.

So by my logic that's 202 pages + the 1 page about the author = 203 pages.

Amazon has 214 pages, which evidently includes all the blank pages, ads and book excerpts at the end (after page 202).


message 7: by N99 (new)

N99 | 246 comments Seems very weird to me, and not how it was done so far. You just keep counting to the last relevant page.


message 8: by Emily (last edited Nov 28, 2022 11:43AM) (new)

Emily | 17503 comments Greg wrote: "So by my logic that's 202 pages + the 1 page about the author = 203 pages.."

If the blank pages are in between relevant pages, we include them in the count. So the correct number should be 205, and I have changed it.


message 9: by Greg (new)

Greg | 9272 comments Thanks, Emily!


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