Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
ISBN: 9781398520318 (ISBN10: 1398520314)
ASIN: 1398520314
(British/Simon & Schuster Hardback edition)

Actual page count - 550 (according to listed guidelines in group)

Kate wrote: "Edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
ISBN: 9781398520318 (ISBN10: 1398520314)
ASIN: 1398520314
(British/Simon & Schuster Hardback edition)

Actual page ..."

Hi Kate

Could you please check the ISBN on your copy? Searching by ISBN on World Cat brings up a completely different book.

Hey, sorry didn't get a notification from this!

Just checked and it's 9781398519978 - Not sure why the Goodreads ISBN lists that book!

Kate wrote: "Hey, sorry didn't get a notification from this!

Just checked and it's 9781398519978 - Not sure why the Goodreads ISBN lists that book!"

Oh boy what a mess!

Something to do with how Goodreads now list both ISBNs & ASINs for kindles I think.

Librarians can no longer shift ISBNs so I will have to contact Support about this as the ISBN you just gave me goes to a kindle.

Thanks for your patience, Kate.

Also, Goodreads has changed the way they do notifications without putting a notice up in this group. Click the check box next to 'Notify me when people comment' so you get a notification for this thread.

Yeah, I was so focused on the page count I didn't even notice the ISBN. Odd, but hopeful they should sort it!
And found the notification box! Thank you :)

Kate wrote: "Yeah, I was so focused on the page count I didn't even notice the ISBN. Odd, but hopeful they should sort it!
And found the notification box! Thank you :)"

Hi Kate

The staff member took the ISBN off the kindle but didn't assign it to your hardback. Can I confirm this is your cover?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Die-En...

It is!

Kate wrote: "It is!"

I'm just about to scream with vexation!

When I tried to add this book the system told me it is already here.

It says it is this one https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... which has a completely different ISBN (& a wildly different page count)

I'll have to talk to support again, but while you are waiting...

Both Amazon & World cat give a page count of 576 pages. Can you tell me what (if anything) is on pages 551-576 of your copy? Some things we count & some things we don't.

Hi- pages of my book are as follows

550 | Final page of the actual story
551-554 | Acknowledgements
555-556 | Blank
557-565 | Promotion and 2 chapters from another book
566-568 | Promotion for other books
569-571 | Blank

Then after is just the endpaper

Kate wrote: "Hi- pages of my book are as follows

550 | Final page of the actual story
551-554 | Acknowledgements
555-556 | Blank
557-565 | Promotion and 2 chapters from another book
566-568 | Promotion for oth..."

We would count the acknowledgments so the page count should be 554 pages. I haven't heard back from Support yet but I'll add the page count as soon a they provide a solution.

Great thank you!
Didn't realise how much of a pain this book would be to sort out 😂

Kate wrote: "Great thank you!
Didn't realise how much of a pain this book would be to sort out 😂"

I didn't either! The whole thing is so strange!

Hi Kate

I've heard back from a different staff member asking for clarification.

I may not be able to get back to this for a couple of days. 🥴

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Hi Kate

I've heard back from a different staff member asking for clarification.

I may not be able to get back to this for a couple of days. 🥴"

& another staff member got back to me & the book is up with your ISBN. She used Amazon's page count so I have just changed it to 554 pages. Please allow 20 minutes for the changes to display (much) longer if you are using the app.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/6...

Ahhh thank you <3
Added the done!