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message 1: by Ivonne (new)

Ivonne Rovira (goodreadscommiss_ivonne) | 106 comments There is an edition of Tarquin Hall's new book, The Case of the Love Commandos: From the Files of Vish Puri, India's Most Private Investigator, which is at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1.... It's listed as having an ISBN of 9780091937 and from a publisher called Arrow Books. But Arrow is a self-publisher and Googling 9780091937 and Arrow Books turns up nothing.

I think this is some kind of mistake. How can I check this?


message 2: by Deon (last edited Oct 11, 2013 04:52PM) (new)

Deon (deonva) | 3718 comments those ISBN's should be 13 digits long, should be 9780091937423


message 3: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments Whenever I see fishy ISBNs like that, I run it through an ISBN converter like this one:

http://pcn.loc.gov/isbncnvt.html

If you run 9780091937 on that site, you'll see it's invalid. Since it starts with 978, it's probably a truncated ISBN13. Indeed, if you look at all the other editions on GR for that book, you can find one with an ISBN13 that starts with 9780091937:

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

That one is also a paperback, but it has a different publisher. Not sure if it's a duplicate or not. You could try PMing the person who made that edition and ask if they really have the Hutchinson version.


message 4: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
That's almost certainly meant to be this edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

They should be merged, but only AFTER the giveaway is over.


message 5: by Deon (new)

Deon (deonva) | 3718 comments fixed, this is the correct book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...


message 6: by Deon (new)

Deon (deonva) | 3718 comments oops, sorry, didn't see giveaway


message 7: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
It seems to be ok. (Most of the time a delete doesn't affect a giveaway. Just every once in a while . . . )


message 8: by Ivonne (new)

Ivonne Rovira (goodreadscommiss_ivonne) | 106 comments Thanks, everyone! I was pretty sure there was some mix-up, but I was at a loss as to how to fix it -- delete, merge, or what.


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