How to add Kindle, Kobo, Google Play, B&N ebooks

[Banjomike]

We combine all editions of a title so that ALL reviews of that title will be visible to anyone who looks at ANY of the editions.

Kindle is separated from the other ebooks mostly because Amazon insist on giving their books an ASIN rather than an ISBN. All other varieties of ebook are lumped together under the heading of "ebook".

What would be the difference between a Kobo epub and a B&N epub other than the site it would be purchased from?

[Paula]

You need to provide the fake ISBN's

Kobo have ISBN begining with 123, BN generally with 249

Documented with format = ebook, Edition = Nook or epub

[Vicky]

I just combined the two current editions, now that they are combined all reviews will show up for either book (though they can be filtered by a user to edition-specific reviews).

The edition you added as Kindle with eISBN should be an eBook, which I've changed.

Kindle specific editions should use the ASIN of the book so that they can be properly linked to Amazon and found by Kindle users.

B&N also uses a unique identifier that is a 13 character number that begins with 294. Using this number on an edition will properly link it to B&N.

Google Play and Kobo both use the eISBN number, so users using these booksellers will be able to find it there through the generic eBook edition - no extra editions need to be added.

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

That is, kobo 123 and Barnes and Noble 294 go in isbn13 field and isbn10 is left completely empty (confuses the purchase links if there's an isbn10 for the fake/vendor id numbers).

You can always post here asking and we can make for you. If you prefer to create the editions yourself, don't forget after creating that you need to "combine editions."

To create you can enter isbn/asin wanted or search anything and a choice to add a book manually will show near upper right. Or on existing book page you can choose "other editions" then "add a new edition" which will repeat at least author and title for you. For some reason authors miss the "choose file" in upper right that lets them upload a cover during book creation. Again, do not forget after book was successfully created to combine editions.

If anything doesn't work, feel free to post back here for help.

The ebook flavor/file-types for other ebooks aren't noted; depending on your publisher or your own choices, the isbn 978### used for one file type of ebook can get used for all of them (even can be used for kobo and nook flavor ePub so there is not always a separate 123# or 294### number)—in the case of a 978### number used for all sites and types of ebooks, goodreads wants one edition with format set to ebook.

(Two publishers that set one 978### for ebooks regardless of bookseller site or type of file downloaded are Random House and Smashwords. Directly downloading ebook 978### from Random House you usually don't get a format choice and the same isbn used on that ebook is used on nook and other bookseller sites; From Smashwords on the same 978### number you can download pdf, ePub, mobi, etc. However a member downloads and reads, it just gets made into one ebook format edition here on goodreads).

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Banjomike wrote: "What would be the difference between a Kobo epub and a B&N epub other than the site it would be purchased from? ..."

The Barnes and Noble nook 294### is a specific pubit file format (based on and licensed from Adobe ePub) taking advantage of some nook features like nook pages. Barnes and Noble also sells the same 978### ebook publisher/author uses on other sites.

I'm not as familiar with kobo. So far as I know, even when using a dedicated 123#, you can find ebook using the same 978### isbn. I don't know for a fact becaus eI do not own a kobo.

I know that kindle edition is a flavor of mobi just like nook pubit is a flavor of ePub. (In both cases I think it's less about the ebook file than about optimizing for their devices and adding some file restrictions to avoid illegally sharing/pirating the ebooks).

Like other features/policies on goodreads, I think it's that goodreads is not a commercial site (so an edition for every bookseller site is not wanted), the uniqueness of the isbn/bnid/asin number when kindle/nook have exclusive ebooks and the crowdsourcing (i.e., so many members looking for their kindle only books or wanting to select the asin edition they are reading) with members adding or wanting to shelve ebooks that way.

Outside of nook/kindle/iBooks/kobo there are thousands of sites, apps, and devices reading the exact same epub/mobi/pdf/whatever ebook file that it's unlikely goodreads would ever create separate formats/editions for the file just because members reading via different means—all just get lumped as "ebook" and life goes on.

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Kobo pulls reviews from goodreads if members allow in their profile settings; to my knowledge the other bookseller sites you mentioned do not.

Would be really weird if amazon or Barnes and Noble could pull goodreads data while prohibiting goodreads from using their site data.

Barnes and Noble, kobo, and other sites except amazon sometimes just use the same isbn 978### number and ebook file type as everywhere else. If published just in nook pubit file type or if publisher opts to create a nook pubit file type, Barnes and Noble assigns the 294### number.

Goodreads tracks editions by unique numbers. An ebook might have just one edition with the isbn 978### number. But if book also has an asin number, also gets a kindle edition, if a bnid of 294### book gets a nook edition (bnid goes in isbn13 field and isbn10 left blank), if kobo puts a 123### unique number... In some cases a book will only be available in a kindle/nook/whatever edition.

If a publisher (for example, Baen or Smashwords...) offers an ebook with an isbn 978### in dozens of file types or download options, goodreads shows just a single ebook edition and does not put file types, links to read online html, etc. in format or edition fields.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

A number of libraries, booksellers, etc. have contracts with Goodreads to pull reviews from here. That is quite separate from whether we can use information from them.

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Frederick wrote: "I've marked my several books this ....I've tried many times unsuccessfully to figure I don't wan to accidentally delete my books now that they're set up. So, at the following link, it just shows as blank:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Thank you very much for all your help! ..."

What do you mean shows as blank?

Any book currently on goodreads or added later with "Frederick Glaysher" in author field should automatically be credited to you and show on your author page here on goodreads. Is there one that isn't showing for you? Could be odd typo like extra spaces in an author name that we can correct for you.

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

If you mean when creating the book or the edition that it pops you to a book review screen, don't do anything other than click on book title or cover thumbnail—that should put you back to the book data page where you can click combine editions.

Happened to me so much between that and hovering over the UGB button too long on mobile apps adding things to my to-read shelf, I just don't use those shelves anymore. Sporadically I clear the strays off to-read and read shelf. It does mean my reading stats are wrong and will interfere with some challenges.

Less frequently (only about five times that I caught it) but still odd to me, a bookcover I add to someone's book goes out to my friends on the goodreads feed as if I added it to my photos.

[Clifton]

Wondering if anyone can assist?

My book Seeking the Veil is on kobo and I added the eisbn to goodreads yesterday, but reviews have not yet reflected on kobo. Am I doing anything wrong?

Goodreads link
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Kobo link
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebo...

[Ashley E]

Clifton wrote: "Wondering if anyone can assist?

My book Seeking the Veil is on kobo and I added the eisbn to goodreads yesterday, but reviews have not yet reflected on kobo. Am I doing anything wrong?

Goodreads ..."

Reviews being transferred to third-party sites (such as Kobo) depends on the individual GR account settings. If none of the reviewers have given GR permission to share their reviews, then they won't show up on other sites.

[Banjomike]

I'm not seeing Goodreads reviews on a book that has certainly had GR reviews in the past (Rivka's comment in this thread)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Perhaps Kobo don't like us anymore.

I'm using Firefox 44 and Chrome.

[lethe]

Clifton wrote: "Wondering if anyone can assist?

My book Seeking the Veil is on kobo and I added the eisbn to goodreads yesterday, but reviews have not yet reflected on kobo. Am I doing anything wrong?"

Clifton, please start a new thread in future as this one is 3 years old and for a specific book.

[Clifton]

Sure. Will do. After further looking it appears that Kobo stopped using Goodreads reviews, so the question appears to be null anyway.