diff --git a/lib/MyApp/Controller/Book.pm b/lib/MyApp/Controller/Book.pm
index 6ef1022..bd1859d 100644
--- a/lib/MyApp/Controller/Book.pm
+++ b/lib/MyApp/Controller/Book.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller', -signatures;
 use MyModel::Book;
 use MyModel::Author;
 
+sub about ($self) {
+   my $book_count = MyModel::Book->new(rows_per_page => $self->rpp)->count_all;
+   $self->render(book_count => $book_count);
+}
+
 sub books ($self) {
    my $page_number = $self->accept_posint($self->param('page_number'));
    if (!defined $page_number) {
diff --git a/templates/book/about.html.ep b/templates/book/about.html.ep
index 335781f..0988330 100644
--- a/templates/book/about.html.ep
+++ b/templates/book/about.html.ep
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   Thanks to <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/">Project
   Gutenberg</a>, this is a site for looking through the book catalog
   they generously provide.  It's a personal project and is not
-  affiliated with Project Gutenberg.  The site currently offers 51,922
+  affiliated with Project Gutenberg.  The site currently offers
+  <%= commify($book_count) %>
   book records out of 68,670 in the catalog.
 </p>