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message 1: by Ema (new)

Ema (emastimpy) | 99 comments I came across this issue and decided to ask for advice. I noticed there are two duplicates of the same edition of Franny and Zooey. I would usually merge them, but this time every edition has an ISBN: one that is correct (as appears on the publisher's page and on Google search)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

and the other one with only one digit changed - 9789724620302(which, upon searching, has only two results, both on Goodreads).
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

I know that we should not delete books that have ISBN, but this doesn't seem to be a valid one. Is it ok to merge that edition to the one with a correct ISBN?


❂ Murder by Death  (murderbydeath) I just ran 9789724620302 through the ISBN checker and it came back with an incorrect check digit. So it seems it's not a valid ISBN. Merging is probably the way to go, but I'd recommend waiting for a second opinion. :)


message 3: by Ema (new)

Ema (emastimpy) | 99 comments Jennifer, is this the correct link to this ISBN checker?
http://www.isbn-check.com/

It seems to be very useful.


❂ Murder by Death  (murderbydeath) Yes! That's the one. :)


message 5: by Ema (new)

Ema (emastimpy) | 99 comments Thank you! I'll wait for a second oppinion now. :)


message 6: by Ema (new)

Ema (emastimpy) | 99 comments Anybody can clarify this for me, please?


message 7: by vicki_girl (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments I would merge them. The one with a bad check digit has a higher quality image, so I would copy it to the edition you want to keep.


message 8: by lafon حمزة (last edited Oct 02, 2012 05:59AM) (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments Yeah, the check digit for that ISBN should be 5, which then belongs to a different book. I'll merge it now.
Edit: lol, vicki beat me to it.


message 9: by Ema (last edited Oct 02, 2012 06:06AM) (new)

Ema (emastimpy) | 99 comments Thank you! I wanted to do it, though ;) I had all the info at hand and was prepared just to merge them. The edition also has to be combined.


message 10: by lafon حمزة (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments Haha, I left the merge for you. I was just saying that vicki beat me to the post. :)


message 11: by Ema (new)

Ema (emastimpy) | 99 comments Thank you, lafon! :) I noticed that the other edition was still "live", and wanted to wait a little longer, not to interfere with your edits. Now I'm relieved :))


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