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Book & Author Page Issues > Please delete this book! (pt. 22) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians]

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message 151: by Rhea (last edited Oct 11, 2013 11:18AM) (new)


message 152: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Got the remaining one from 129, 134, 138-145.

Got 153: In future, please separate out the two editions to be merged before posting in this thread.

Got 154, 155.

Re 156: In future, please link to the book/show page, not the book/edit page. In any case, it seems to be an ebook and the other edition is a paperback. No merge.


message 153: by Rhea (new)

Rhea (rh3a) | 115 comments rivka wrote: "Re 156: ..In any case, it seems to be an ebook and the other edition is a paperback. No merge. "

Such e-book does not exist.
The digital library “Chitanka”, where the data for this edition comes from, is in fact a piracy site. Most of the 'e-books' there, including this one, are digitized by them print editions.


message 154: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments Please merge:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Second one has ASIN in the ISBN field. Third one was manually added by someone who identified it as a kindle version but added truncated ebook ISBN13 to the ISBN field. See thread here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 156: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 12 comments The second kindle-version seems to be a duplicate:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


message 157: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
156/158: Thanks for clarifying, Rh3a. Got it.


message 158: by Ren (new)

Ren Alexander (ren_alexander) | 8 comments I'm trying to remove the old cover for my ebook, "Chasing the Wild Sparks," but I can't delete it. Can you please do this? Thanks!


message 159: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Ren, Goodreads policy is to keep all published covers on the site, as users want to shelve the cover of the copy they have. Instead, we add an alternate-cover edition. See http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... and http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/85....

As the author, you have the ability to change which edition of the book is the default, which will come up in searches by title and show on your author profile. Here's how: http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/31...


message 169: by Banjomike (last edited Oct 12, 2013 11:38AM) (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments I've been trying to remove this book but keep getting Alice popping up so I'll post it here then we can keep trying it.

A few hours ago a librarian added another edition of Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer. It just happens to be identical to the edition we already have. The cover has been removed but there does not seem to be any point in having two versions of the book on Goodreads when only one single version, a PDF, has ever existed.

This is the edit page and it is ready to go:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...


message 171: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
dup... that somehow managed to become the most popular edition


message 172: by وائل (new)

وائل المنعم (wael-mahmoud) | 277 comments Please delete this dup
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
then merge the remaining one with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


message 174: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments Got 160-161


message 176: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12222 comments 165, first book has an ASIN, so is a valid edition, others done.
166-179 done.

For the librarians who make a request here, please check if the edition is correctly combined for merging, we prefer to merge books into the best matching edition, so we want an edition with a cover or format merged in an edition with the same cover or format.


message 177: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12222 comments 181 done


message 178: by وائل (new)

وائل المنعم (wael-mahmoud) | 277 comments please delete this dup
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
and merge the remaining one with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


message 179: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments 159 done


message 180: by Eric (last edited Oct 13, 2013 02:32AM) (new)

Eric (cwluc) | 57 comments 'Work smarter, not harder...'


message 181: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments 184 done


message 186: by Siina (new)

Siina | 90 comments This https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... and this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... are the one and same. The former with ISBN is the correct one with all the right info.


message 187: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments 188-192 done


message 188: by Julie (new)

Julie (readerjules) | 36 comments I am assuming this is a joke and shouldn't be listed as a book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The "author" with the obviously fake description: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


message 190: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments Julie wrote: "I am assuming this is a joke and shouldn't be listed as a book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The "author" with the obviously fake description:..."


This is probably a fake too? (by the same "author")
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


message 193: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Cradit (sarahcradit) | 35 comments Please delete this listing, it is a duplicate:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

This one is the correct one:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


message 195: by Krazykiwi (last edited Oct 14, 2013 12:52PM) (new)

Krazykiwi | 1767 comments (This was taken care of, thank you staff)


message 196: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments 195,197,198 done


message 197: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments Sarah wrote: "Please delete this listing, it is a duplicate:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

This one is the correct one:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...-..."


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... is a kindle edition with a valid ASIN. I added the cover from Amazon and combined it with the paperback edition.


message 198: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments Brenda (b) wrote: "This was from a list of requests in another thread. I keep getting a message saying it took too long when I try to delete this one. Maybe it'll work for someone else.
https://www.goodreads.com/book..."


I'm having the same result.


message 199: by Koenraad (new)

Koenraad (koenraadkelemen) | 6993 comments 201 done.
Leaving 202 for staff to decide.


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