changing specific edition information

[Claire]

I have librarian status, but I am reluctant to make too many major changes as I'm so new to doing it. However, I've noticed that the information for the following edition of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Revisited is incorrect:

ISBN - 0006545807/978000654804 is showing as aHardback with 208 pages.

I have the book in front of me (with the same cover), but it's paperback with 179 pages.

In these scenarios is it acceptable to change the information, or is there something additional that needs to be done in order to retain the original data?

Thanks,
Claire

[Monique]

Claire,

It is possible that the ISBN was reused. It happens sometimes. So, it would be important to do some research first and see if it was used for the hardback. Only if we could confirm that the data is indeed truly incorrect would we even consider any changes.

As it is, the person who entered that data is another GoodReads Librarian. You could contact him and ask about his edition.

[Claire]

thank you for your speedy reply - I will do a bit more research and see if I find anything.

[Deon]

fyi, Worldcat also says 179
http://www.worldcat.org/title/brave-n...

open library has that isbn & cover as a hardback
pub 1996 in spanish
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL921461...

[vicki_girl]

At the bottom of the Openlibrary page it says "Inital record created, from an amazon.com record." So I would take the data with a grain of salt.

[Deon]

vicki_girl wrote: "At the bottom of the Openlibrary page it says "Inital record created, from an amazon.com record." So I would take the data with a grain of salt."

i have never noticed that at the bottom before, thanks