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How to request for page numbering an ebook
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For Kindle, the page count should match what is shown on its Amazon page.For other e-book formats, consult the publisher's page.
Screenshots from e-readers are no good since the page count can change depending on each user's personal settings.
Scott wrote: "For Kindle, the page count should match what is shown on its Amazon page.For other e-book formats, consult the publisher's page.
Screenshots from e-readers are no good since the page count can c..."
But how about those publishers that don't have this information on their websites?
I only found this in the rules:
Most ebook formats do not have a fixed number of pages since the pagination adjusts for screen size. If the publisher provides a specific page count, that number should be reflected in our book data. For PDF-specific editions, or any other fixed page ebooks, the normal paging rules may be used.
If the publisher does not provide a page number, you may estimate the page count using a tool such as Calibre's Count Pages plugin. Be sure to leave a librarian note that this is an estimate and that the page number should be changed if the publisher releases a specific page count.
Scott wrote: "I guess that's your answer."I guess so too, haha. But the thing is that I have resquested to add some ebooks that don't have any page count info on ther publishers' sites and when adding them the Librarians didn't add a number of pages... so who should use these tools to estimate the page count, can I and show it as a source?
It would be on the requesting user (who presumably has the e-book) to use the page count tool.
Thank you in advance!