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Book & Author Page Issues > Made a mess of combining editions and now the reviews field is screwed up

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message 1: by Chris (new)

Chris Ward (chriswardfictionwriter) | 18 comments Sorry to be a pain, but I tried to merge two editions of the same book, made a mess of it and unmerged them, but now my book's header info is claiming a bunch of reviews that don't actually exist (from the book I incorrectly merged it with). The rating average is correct but it's claiming 20 ratings when there have actually only been about eight.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Thanks a lot,

Chris


message 2: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31525 comments Chris I've refreshed the stats, does that look better?


message 3: by Chris (new)

Chris Ward (chriswardfictionwriter) | 18 comments Sandra, that looks great, thanks very much! Is that a simple thing to do? Perhaps I'm not seeing a button somewhere.


message 4: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31525 comments It's on the RHS on the edit book page.


message 5: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments There isn't an option to 'unmerge' a merge. Which book are you saying you "incorrectly merged it with"?


message 6: by Chris (new)

Chris Ward (chriswardfictionwriter) | 18 comments I didn't understand the way it worked as it was my first attempt. I merged it with a different book then reversed the process. It looks fine now though. Thanks guys for your help!


message 7: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Chris wrote: "I didn't understand the way it worked as it was my first attempt. I merged it with a different book then reversed the process. It looks fine now though. Thanks guys for your help!"

Yes, but which book was it?


message 8: by Chris (new)

Chris Ward (chriswardfictionwriter) | 18 comments My other book, The Tube Riders.


message 9: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Chris wrote: "My other book, The Tube Riders."

Thanks. Do you want me to create alternate cover editions to replace the cover changes you made in September?


message 10: by Chris (new)

Chris Ward (chriswardfictionwriter) | 18 comments Ok, that would be good. Do I need to forward the cover picture or is it still on the system? I'm afraid I'm a bit of a novice at this... :-)


message 11: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Chris wrote: "Ok, that would be good. Do I need to forward the cover picture or is it still on the system? I'm afraid I'm a bit of a novice at this... :-)"

Should still have it. You need to remember that changing the cover on a edition is against the rules. You should create a new edition with a note saying that this is an alternate cover edition. DON'T change an existing edition. I'll look at the other cover changes you've made.


message 12: by Chris (new)

Chris Ward (chriswardfictionwriter) | 18 comments Sorry, I didn't realise.


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