How long does it take for a book to appear in the search?

[M.R.]

I added these two books recently and am trying to get them under the correct series - they each belong in a broad series (The Books of Lost Knowledge) and a subseries (Liminality).
However, when I go through Edit Series > Add Book, they don't appear in the search results.
Does anyone know how long I can expect it to be before they do show up?

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[rivka, Former Moderator]

Books lacking both an ISBN and an ASIN are currently taking longer to get indexed -- as much as 24-48 hours.

[M.R.]

Works for me; I'm in no hurry. :)
I did add the first one last Friday, though, and that's a bit longer than 48 hours. Would adding an ISBN help?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

If you know the ISBN, please do add it.

The 24-48 hours is what I was told by the developer currently working on the search feature.

[M.R.]

No ISBN has been assigned yet, but I can get that done within the next couple of days.

I'll keep checking back periodically.
Thank you.

[Icedave]

What about books that were added like a week before (including ISBN) and don't show up?

Here an Example:
Title: "Prelude to War (Descent of Kings, #1)"
Author: Maria Albert
ISBN13: 9781623803582
Bookpage: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
Librarian Edit Log: http://www.goodreads.com/book/edits/1...
Added by Mary Soto at April 2nd, 19:29.

Search strings like "Prelude War Descent", "Prelude War Albert", "Descent of Kings" don't work...

P.S.
After looking for other newly added books I wanted to add: Looks like books where the name and book number of the series were added in brackets after the book title don't show up...

Example of an older book (title changed March 30th) with an ASIN that can't be searched for:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No idea what the problem is. The ISBN works, which implies it's at least partially indexed.

[Sam]

I was curious about the search engine as well. I added one book and updated another and neither one of them come up in a search. Does anybody have any information or help regarding this? I have author but not librarian status. Both books are listed on my author page, here's a link to one of them -



Also, how do I place both these books under a "Series", ie - Edenwitch Series??

Thanks,
Sam