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Emily
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Jan 07, 2024 06:13AM
I’m currently reading The Starless Sea (ISBN: 9781101971383) and it’s 574 pages. Goodreads says it is 592 pages. Can this be updated please?
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Hi! Can I ask where is the source? Maybe Worldcat? Thanks!
Publishers website and Amazon says 592 pages. The number of pages in a book is meant to include all content except for advertisements and preview chapters for other books. Included end material may include acknowledgments, afterwords, appendices, bibliographies, glossaries, indexes, notes, and suggested discussion questions.I suggest that this one not be changed.
Emily wrote: "Worldcat shows it as 574 as does my physical copy of it.https://texasgroup.worldcat.org/title..."
Hi Emily
Checked on World Cat & changed. Please allow at least 20 minutes for the changes to display (much) longer if using the app.
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Other librarians.
Our top source for page counts is a member with a copy in hand. But for dead tree books the best place to confirm is World cat, which has similar (not the same) standards as Goodreads. & yes we should confirm whenever possible.
Page counts on publishers & Amazon are frequently just estimates.
