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message 51: by Moloch (new)

Nov 24, 2013 02:55AM

Someone is looking into this? I hope these imports are not doing more harm than good: every day there are some new ones to fix

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message 52: by Red (new)

Nov 24, 2013 04:09PM

Red Phoenix (redphoenix69) | 39 comments

There are two book on my page that are NOT mine. Please remove from my author page

My page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

The two books that I did not write:
Behind the Scenes and Double Exposure

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message 53: by Nucking Futs the Fire Fairy (new)

Nov 24, 2013 04:32PM

Nucking Futs the Fire Fairy Book-a-holic (firefairyholic) | 348 comments

Uhh... There's a Michelle Stevens on the cover too.

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message 54: by Nucking Futs the Fire Fairy (last edited Nov 24, 2013 05:06PM) (new)

Nov 24, 2013 04:34PM

I think it's an author with your name too. I changed it to Michelle^^Stevens (^=space) to avoid ambiguation. Please inform the librarians if there are new books from the other ms stevens that get listed on your page.

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message 55: by Red (new)

Nov 24, 2013 04:46PM

Chelssie's~midnight~parade~of~a~hundred~demons wrote: "I think it's an author with your name too. I changed it to Michelle^^Stevens (^=space) to avoid ambiguation. Please inform the librarians if there are new books from the other ms stevens that gets ..."

Thank you very much!!! :)

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message 56: by Moloch (last edited Nov 25, 2013 05:43AM) (new)

Nov 25, 2013 01:43AM

2 other examples (now fixed) with the usual errors (title with other stuff that doesn't belong, ISBN/ASIN confusion, edition language wrong, praises and reviews in description)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Question: the fact that these book pages have an ISBN (that turns into an ASIN when editing) "blocks" people from creating books with that ISBN (i.e. the ebook edition not for Kindle)? They get the message that the ISBN is "already present"?

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message 57: by Andréa (new)

Nov 25, 2013 05:34AM

Moloch wrote: "2 other examples (now fixed) with the usual errors (title with other stuff that doesn't belong, ISBN/ASIN confusion, edition language wrong, praises and reviews in description)

https://www.goodrea..."

I think it also prevents them from creating another edition with just the ASIN, too. So you either have to remove the ASIN and then create a new edition with the ASIN, or do likewise with the ISBN.

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message 58: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

Nov 25, 2013 01:20PM

Mod

It would be the ISBN that should be removed, as the ASIN correctly goes with the Kindle edition. In most cases (though not all) the ISBN is not valid as a general ebook.

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message 59: by Andréa (new)

Nov 25, 2013 06:04PM

rivka wrote: "It would be the ISBN that should be removed, as the ASIN correctly goes with the Kindle edition. In most cases (though not all) the ISBN is not valid as a general ebook."

Good to know. I wasn't sure if the ISBNs that were showing were correct for the Kindle versions or not, so I was hesitant to remove them.

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message 60: by John (new)

Nov 25, 2013 08:36PM

Hello,

I have written the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

And I am trying to set up the Author Program however as there is already a John Douglas listed it is diverting directly to that Author, can i have the author name updated to include JD at the end so that I can claim the book as my own, as per the listing on amamzon?

thanks

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message 61: by Nucking Futs the Fire Fairy (last edited Nov 25, 2013 08:56PM) (new)

Nov 25, 2013 08:51PM

i think it would still be better if you use John Douglas since that's what you use as an author. Try signing up for John^^Douglas (where ^=space). So there would be two spaces between your first and last name. That way when readers search your author name your books will still appear in the results.

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message 62: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

Nov 25, 2013 08:58PM

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Please limit posts in this thread to books/issues related to fixing the Unknown Books records. Start new threads for other issues.

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message 63: by Andréa (new)

Dec 01, 2013 06:04PM

Moloch wrote: "Someone is looking into this? I hope these imports are not doing more harm than good: every day there are some new ones to fix"

I agree. While it's great more books are being automatically imported, if we need to go in and manually fix the titles, series, authors, ASIN, and other details for most of them, it's not really saving much time or effort.

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message 64: by Sam (new)

Dec 02, 2013 06:53PM

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message 65: by Plethora (new)

Dec 02, 2013 07:05PM

I randomly picked a few and they didn't have covers. Does the feed generally not have a cover?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... - this one has all caps for the author names and it is combined into one name.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... - this one didn't drop the PHd from the author name

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... - is eBook iPad really an author??

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... - no . after initial in author name

Few items a glance.

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message 66: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

Dec 02, 2013 08:12PM

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Bookworm R wrote: "I randomly picked a few and they didn't have covers. Does the feed generally not have a cover?"

IIRC, the covers will come later, as the feeds for data and text are separate.

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message 67: by Susie (last edited Dec 03, 2013 05:47AM) (new)

Dec 03, 2013 05:42AM

Working from the top down...

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113658 - has "ul" in both ISBN fields;
2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11257410 - seems fine at a glance;
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113665 - has "ul" in publisher field;
4. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113667 - seems fine at a glance;
5. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113670 - has "ul" in publisher field;
6. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113674 - seems fine at a glance;
7. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113678 - strange author (Inc. Icon Group International);
8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113680 - same as above;
9. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113682 - not sure on author name, but there appear to be several books under this author (Ancestry.com).
10. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113684 - has "ul" in publisher field;
11. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9258159 - seems fine at a glance, but hasn't auto-combined with other editions (I'm assuming it does that usually, as I've seen that before?);
12. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5868459 - seems fine at a glance;
13. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113688 - same issue as no. 9;
14. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113689 - seems fine at a glance;
15. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113692 - has "ul" in publisher field;
16. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113694 - same issue as no. 9;
17. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113696 - has "ul" in publisher field;
18. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113699 - title is in all caps;
19. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113701 - has "ul" in publisher field;
20. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9901228 - same issue as no. 11.

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message 68: by Scott (new)

Dec 03, 2013 05:55AM

Fixed as much of 67 as I could.

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message 69: by Nina (new)

Dec 03, 2013 06:54AM

I've mostly added covers & fixed a few things here and there too.

-- The strange authors are imo merely websites & seems they're articles(?)

-- Not sure why it doesn't combine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... with a Kindle version I saw.

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message 70: by Susie (new)

Dec 03, 2013 07:10AM

Nina wrote: "I've mostly added covers & fixed a few things here and there too.

-- The strange authors are imo merely websites & seems they're articles(?)

-- Not sure why it doesn't combine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... with a Kindle version I saw."

The import has the author, Bill Wallace, with two spaces between his names. Corrected this and it's now combined.

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message 71: by Susie (new)

Dec 03, 2013 07:29AM

Some more!!

21. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113704 - has "ul" in the publisher field;
22. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113754 - publisher may be correct, but appears in a strange format (pubOne.info);
23. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113756 - at a quick glance appears OK;
24. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113758 - author name is incorrectly formatted ("LA Quill" instead of "L.A. Quill");
25. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17791077 - format listed as "ebook" instead of "Kindle";
26. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113760 - at a quick glance appears OK;
27. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113763 - author name is formatted strangely (: William D. Hoy);
28. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18130469 - this was actually added by someone else;
29. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113764 - at a quick glance appears OK;
30. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113767 - has "ul" in the publisher field;
31. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113773 - has "ul" in the publisher field; has not auto-combined;
32. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113774 - has "ul" in the publisher field;
33. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113776 - has "ul" in the publisher field;
34. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113788 - at a quick glance appears OK;
35. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113789 - has "ul" in the publisher field;
36. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113790 - has "ul" in the publisher field;
37. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113791 - at a quick glance appears OK;
38. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113793 - at a quick glance appears OK;
39. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113796 - at a quick glance appears OK;
40. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18803948 - at a quick glance appears OK, although appears to have been added by someone else then updated by the import.

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message 72: by Banjomike (new)

Dec 03, 2013 09:27AM

Are we supposed to be fixing these errors? I thought we should just report them here for the devs to see so they could repair the importer.

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message 73: by Sam (new)

Dec 03, 2013 04:13PM

Banjomike wrote: "Are we supposed to be fixing these errors? I thought we should just report them here for the devs to see so they could repair the importer."

Good question. It would be great if you all could fix errors when you notice them. Thanks to all who have been doing that. If possible, please leave a comment when you edit the book page so we can see what the problem was.

Thanks everyone -- it's great to get such a quick response.

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message 74: by Nina (new)

Dec 03, 2013 04:25PM

Susie wrote: The import has the author, Bill Wallace, with two spaces between his names. Corrected this and it's now combined.

Thanks a lot, Susie! Didn't notice the double space - perhaps it's time to buy new glasses ;-)

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message 75: by Nina (last edited Dec 03, 2013 05:29PM) (new)

Dec 03, 2013 04:27PM

checking out #71

EDIT:
#71 All checked, fixed/updated & added covers :)

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message 76: by Susie (new)

Dec 04, 2013 05:12AM

Banjomike wrote: "Are we supposed to be fixing these errors? I thought we should just report them here for the devs to see so they could repair the importer."

That's why I've been reporting what's wrong with them. Although it might not matter if they're fixed, as long as they know what the issues were.

Checking next batch...
41. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113799 - seems fine at a glance;
42. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113803 - seems fine at a glance;
43. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113805 - title all in caps (I tried to check this with Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com and neither recognise the ASIN. Google comes up with only its GR page);
44. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113806 - seems fine at a glance, but I did however merge the author George Alfred Henty into G.A. Henty so all the books were together (this is something that the import is unlikely to pick up);
45. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113807 - author name incorrectly formatted ("G a Henty" instead of "G.A. Henty" (this one I haven't changed)); has "ul" in publisher field;
46. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113808 - has not combined with other editions;
47. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10386923 - has no publisher info or published date, even though this info appears on Amazon;
48. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113809 - seems fine at a glance;
49. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113810 - seems fine at a glance, although upon searching and finding other editions with covers, appears the author should be "Frank Pinkerton" instead of "Frank A. Pinkerton". Also can't find any trace of this book on Google;
50. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113811 - seems fine at a glance;
51. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113812 - seems fine at a glance;
52. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113814 - seems fine at a glance;
53. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113815 - seems fine at a glance;
54. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113817 - has not combined with other editions (although it seems that the name on the other editions is formatted slightly differently);
55. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113819 - seems fine at a glance;
56. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113820 - seems fine at a glance;
57. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113822 - has "ul" in publisher field and the actual publisher listed as an author (am unable to check this as that ASIN doesn't appear to exist anywhere);
58. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19113824 - has "ul" in publisher field;
59. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10468370 - has "ul" in publisher field and no published date (another one that doesn't appear to exist);
60. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10364668 - has no publisher info or published date, even though this info appears on Amazon.

Just another 30 to go...!

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message 77: by Moloch (new)

Dec 05, 2013 06:59AM

I keep finding here and there Kindle editions that "steal" the ISBN for the ebook edition (only if the ebook is not already present in GR), are you finding this issue in the latest imported titles, or is it fixed?

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message 78: by Z-squared (new)

Dec 05, 2013 02:25PM

re 77, i just fixed this one from a december 4th import:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

so i'd say yes

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message 79: by Sam (new)

Dec 05, 2013 06:52PM

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message 80: by Nucking Futs the Fire Fairy (new)

Dec 05, 2013 08:43PM

I can't find this on amazon: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
it's the last link of the previous post

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message 81: by Rinou (new)

Dec 09, 2013 05:58AM

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The authors had two periods each (not written with two periods on amazon though).

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message 82: by Nucking Futs the Fire Fairy (last edited Dec 09, 2013 06:19AM) (new)

Dec 09, 2013 06:14AM

Authors' names changed according to what's written on the book covers.

ETA reverted change on Schwarz. some books used John H. Schwarz while some used John Schwarz. but for the book i changed it to J.H. Schwarz

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message 83: by Sam (new)

Dec 15, 2013 02:57PM

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message 84: by Banjomike (last edited Dec 15, 2013 03:34PM) (new)

Dec 15, 2013 03:33PM

Just a few notes (no signs so far of faulty combines):

Imported with "captain" in the author name
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The name added is not the name on the cover. The ASIN B004I1JHJC has zero hits on Amazon or on Google.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

A corrupted blurb and another ASIN, B00DSVD87A, that isn't visible in searches
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

This one has imported to the wrong David Shibley. The correct one is the one-space version so importing it to the two-space must be deliberate.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
This is the correct one-space author, with another edition of the same book
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

This doesn't look like a book, more like a code
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

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message 85: by Deon (last edited Dec 16, 2013 08:32AM) (new)

Dec 16, 2013 08:21AM

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
author doesn't match cover

didn't combine:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

??
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

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message 86: by Parisa (new)

Mar 18, 2014 02:12PM

How I can add a profile picture for this?
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

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message 87: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

Mar 18, 2014 05:12PM

Mod

Parisa, it's best to start a new thread, rather than bumping an old one. Especially an old one on a different topic.

To add author photos, the first thing is that you must have the permission of the copyright holder of the photo. (That may or may not be the author themselves, depending on who took the picture and under what circumstances.) Authors who have been dead for many years may have photos in public domain, but this appears to be a recent author.

If you can provide a picture and evidence of such permission, a librarian can add the image for you.

But please start a new thread. I am closing this one.

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