Page Numbering

[Wigs]

I'm a librarian and I want to make absolutely sure of this before I change some things, and the manual isn't clear enough for me to be sure.

I have several books that match up with the ISBNs here, the right editions, but the pages in the actual book will be less than the stated amount here on the site, and at Amazon. I understand that if you factor in the unnumbered blank, title, and copyright pages, then it would add up, but the actual numbered pages with the reading on it are less. For example, I have a paperback of Fifty Shades of Grey here that matches ISBN and publisher with the one here. The final page of the book says 514, with an unnumbered blank and advertising page after it. The current Goodreads pages count for this edition is 528, matching with Amazon, which if you probably added the few unnumbered pages at the beginning you would get that.

Should the correct count in this case be changed to 514, because that's what the paperback counts as pages with actual reading material on it? It's not just this case though, I've seen this for several of my other books that I like to keep track of.

[Scott]

It should go by the last numbered page. Ads definitely shouldn't count.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Wigs wrote: "Should the correct count in this case be changed to 514, because that's what the paperback counts as pages with actual reading material on it?"

Correct.

[Wigs]

Thank you for answering! I have edited this particular edition now to reflect this.