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message 1: by Eva (new) - rated it 4 stars

Eva | 6 comments Hi Librarians,

The book "I Don't" which I am currently reading does not have a page count on the Goodreads page, which is making it frustrating for me to update my reading progress.

I have a physical copy of the book, which has 370 pages in total.

If you could update the page to include this, it would be most appreciated.

Please let me know if you need any further information to do so.

Thanks! :)


message 2: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31488 comments I presume you mean the paperback edition? Isbn 9781761069666

If so, our preferred print source, Worldcat, has 384 pages for that edition. As does the publisher.

Please advise what you have between pages 370 & 384, if anything. Some things we count and some things we don't.


message 3: by Eva (new) - rated it 4 stars

Eva | 6 comments Yes that's the edition I have. Apologies, I was simply looking at the last page number listed, however after counting the other pages I can see that there are an additional 14 that aren't numbered.

The non-numbered pages mostly consist of praise for books by the author, the book's forward, author bio, publisher info, title page, author dedication, contents page and scene setting quotes, as well as one blank page. It should be noted that the majority of these pages occur before the page numbered "1" in the book, in fact the contents pages are numbered "ix" and "x".

Should these all be counted then the page count of 384 would be correct.

Sorry if this is irrelevant or too much information.


message 4: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31488 comments That's perfect information, however as they use the roman numerals at the beginning of the book, we don't include them.

So 370 pages, it is. Done.

It will take a little while to show correctly, due to caching.


message 5: by Eva (new) - rated it 4 stars

Eva | 6 comments Thanks so much for your help Sandra :)


message 6: by Eva (new) - rated it 4 stars

Eva | 6 comments Hi, just checking in on this request as it's been a week and hasn't seemed to updated. How long does it normally take for a page count update to go through?


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2321 comments Eva wrote: "Hi, just checking in on this request as it's been a week and hasn't seemed to updated. How long does it normally take for a page count update to go through?"

If you are using the app it can take up to two days.

The page count has been done to the edition of this book that has that ISBN on its page.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Can you send a link to the edition you are using please?

Writers/publishers often reuse ISBNs.


message 8: by Eva (new) - rated it 4 stars

Eva | 6 comments Hi Carol, thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly and apologies for the inconvenience. Unfortunately I think this has been a case of user error as I had the kindle edition on my currently reading list, which was why I was seeing it as having no pages. Please disregard, I have set my currently reading to the paperback edition now. Thanks again!


message 9: by Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ (last edited Dec 26, 2023 07:38PM) (new)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2321 comments Eva wrote: "Hi Carol, thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly and apologies for the inconvenience. Unfortunately I think this has been a case of user error as I had the kindle edition on my currently ..."

That's ok.

For future reference please give the ISBN (or ASIN for kindles)
& it is best practice to give the link. :)

I'll just check if the kindle has a page count on Amazon.

Edit; Unfortunately the kindle doesn't have a page count on Amazon.


message 10: by Eva (new) - rated it 4 stars

Eva | 6 comments I will make sure to give the IBSN next time, apologies as it's my first time submitting something on these forums. Thanks for your help! :)


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2321 comments Eva wrote: "I will make sure to give the IBSN next time, apologies as it's my first time submitting something on these forums. Thanks for your help! :)"

No worries!


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