Can anyone shed some light on the 'mystery of the books' for me?
Why is it that the number of pages quoted for a book are never, or at least rarely ever correct? It does not matter if I get the info. directly from the publisher's website, from a retailer or some other reseller, the number of pages listed most often does not match those in the book that arrives. Generally there are fewer.
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| Seven wonderful titles, all memoirs. They are great to read, aren't they? |
I recently took delivery of seven marvellous titles that had been discounted. All of them are memoirs; a form that I really like reading. It's fabulous how so many are now available to the 'average punter' and how many more are being made available and often translated into English too.
Anyway, of the seven, only one had the same number of pages as I had recorded (in this case from the publisher). I put the details of any books that I order into my Endnote library (aka database) and then check them once the books arrive. It amazes me how frequently, i.e. nearly always, I need to adjust the number of pages.
Why is this so?!!
