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message 1: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Is this normal practice or should it be deleted?


message 2: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 2442 comments From the "author" page:

Librarian's note: This placeholder name is often used as the narrator for the initial book records provided by Blackstone Audio. When the book's full data is available, this placeholder should be removed and the name of the actual narrator should be given for all Blackstone Audio editions.


So, when found we should replace with correct information.


message 3: by Kim (last edited Feb 13, 2013 06:35PM) (new)

Kim (catmommie) | 82 comments Interesting. Well, it's only the narrator, not the actual author, that's unknown. The audio hasn't been released, so I would say it's ok and hopefully whoever added it will fix it later. It probably would've been better to leave the narrator field blank.


message 4: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 2442 comments Looks like they aren't all the narrators that are getting labeled this way.

This book (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...) even has the author listed as To Be Announced on the publisher's page and it came out in 2012 (with the author name on the book cover).
http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/M...


message 5: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
There's no reason to leave TBA for the narrator either.


message 6: by Kim (last edited Feb 13, 2013 07:02PM) (new)

Kim (catmommie) | 82 comments So, it would be ok to remove the TB narrator, then? What if the author was TBA? Just sayin'.


message 7: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
A book must have a primary author. But there's no need to have any secondaries that are TBA or similar.


message 8: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 897 comments I was able to find the narrator for it and put that info in


message 9: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments Thanks guys.


message 10: by Nenangs (new)

Nenangs | 464 comments i edited some of those t.b.a authors whenever i found one. usually matching the cover is enough. if no information, i just delete the t.b.a. from the author list.

but I also found that some authors are listed as T.B.A. on the cover, such as
The Bells A Collection of Chimes by T.B.A. Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics by T.B.A. Senior


message 11: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Here is a variation. Title is "to be announced" as well as the author so it can count to the 2013 Reading Challenge. This one is going to get deleted but I thought you might like a quick chuckle.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...


message 12: by Nenangs (new)

Nenangs | 464 comments *chuckle*


message 13: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31523 comments *snigger*


message 14: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
*sigh*


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