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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.
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.
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...
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So, it would be ok to remove the TB narrator, then? What if the author was TBA? Just sayin'.
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I was able to find the narrator for it and put that info in
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
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...
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Is this normal practice or should it be deleted?