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Hi Sarah, Worldcat, our preferred source for pagecount, says this book has 332 pages (as currently listed on the goodreads book page). What is on page 333?
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.
There’s nothing there. Last page is 333Gillis wrote: "Hi Sarah, Worldcat, our preferred source for pagecount, says this book has 332 pages (as currently listed on the goodreads book page).
What is on page 333?
The number of pages in a book is meant..."
Do you mean that page 333 is an empty page? This should not be counted then, and the page number listed by goodreads is correct.
No. There are words from the author on it. Then it stops.I am a librarian in real life so I know how this works 🥰
Thank you very much!
Gillis wrote: "Do you mean that page 333 is an empty page? This should not be counted then, and the page number listed by goodreads is correct."
As not every requestor knows how it works and as there is no way for me to know whether you know or not, maybe it would be a good idea to include this information in your requests. F.ex. worldcat says x pages but I have book in hand an it has y pages. No advertisements or previews counted.
This would save us librarians a lot of time and probably speed up the process of getting your requests treated (because 'difficult' requests are often skipped).
I adjusted the page count for this book as requested.
Please also mark this request as Done. This is only possible when on the desktop site, not the app.
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Gillis wrote: "Worldcat, our preferred source for pagecount, says this book has 332 pages (as currently listed on the goodreads book page). What is on page 333? "
Worldcat usually doesn't include the last page when there is no page number printed on that page. A one page difference between a user with book in hand and Worldcat can usually be explained by this practice.
Thank you, I will add the information to my next request.Added done and selected archived for this request. Thanks for your work!
Gillis wrote: "As not every requestor knows how it works and as there is no way for me to know whether you know or not, maybe it would be a good idea to include this information in your requests.
F.ex. worldcat..."
Arenda wrote: "Gillis wrote: "Worldcat, our preferred source for pagecount, says this book has 332 pages (as currently listed on the goodreads book page). What is on page 333? "
Worldcat usually doesn't include..."
Thanks, Arenda. I will keep this in mind in future. However 'usually' doesn't mean 'always', so I generally like to verify. Sorry, but I'm a perfectionist and detaillist.
Same, so I get this 😂 But unfortunately we can’t always rely on Worldcat either.
Gillis wrote: "Arenda wrote: "Gillis wrote: "Worldcat, our preferred source for pagecount, says this book has 332 pages (as currently listed on the goodreads book page).
What is on page 333? "
Worldcat usually ..."
Book link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
ISBN:
9789021031064
Number of pages
333
Source:
Original book in my hands