Reverting "Not a Book" ISBNs

[John]

Hello,

I have been trying to add issues #3 and #4 of the Dungeon Magazine (ISBN10: 0880385111 and 0880385227) to the GoodReads index, however I am getting an error message noting that those ISBNs have been marked as NAB. As far as I can tell from the manual that is incorrect (GoodReads accepts separate periodical issues as entries).

I have been trying to find a way to un-mark those ISBNs as NAB, but to no avail. The "NOT A BOOK" author page doesn't have an ISBN filter so I can't pinpoint them there. The librarian manual is silent on this matter (it contains guidelines for NABing a book but not for de-NABing it).

Is there some sort of established procedure for de-NABing a book?

Thanks in advance
SBS :)

[Deon]

I think I remember when this happened before GR staff had to take care of it. you can use the form on the contact page: contact

[John]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. Have you got any idea how difficult the procedure is? As in, will I get on their nerves if I ask for each ISBN as I meet them, or should I make a list and send it in one swoop?

SBS :)

[Jaideep]

John wrote: "Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. Have you got any idea how difficult the procedure is? As in, will I get on their nerves if I ask for each ISBN as I meet them, or should I make a list and send it..."

Make a list and send at once. It will be simpler for you.

[Banjomike]

John wrote: "Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. Have you got any idea how difficult the procedure is? As in, will I get on their nerves if I ask for each ISBN as I meet them, or should I make a list and send it in one swoop?

SBS :) "

Is this one of the mags you mean?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

[Lobstergirl]

John wrote: "Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. Have you got any idea how difficult the procedure is? As in, will I get on their nerves if I ask for each ISBN as I meet them, or should I make a list and send it..."

I wouldn't worry about getting on anyone's nerves. After all they set up a system in which a book could be nabbed with one-click and not recovered, thus blocking that ISBN forever from the database unless it received staff attention. They set up a system in which only staff could respond. It's their own fault.

[John]

Banjomike wrote: "Is this one of the mags you mean?"

Unfortunately not. That ISBN is linked to issue no.3 of volume 5 (issue #27 in serial format), not issue no.3 of volume 1 (issue #03 in serial format) that I'm looking for. Good call though, it's a misrepresentation and I'll fix it when I get to that issue!

Lobstergirl wrote: "I wouldn't worry about getting on anyone's nerves. After all they set up a system in which a book could be nabbed with one-click and not recovered, thus blocking that ISBN forever from the database unless it received staff attention. They set up a system in which only staff could respond. It's their own fault. "

My greatest annoyance/surprise is that NABed ISBNs aren't indicated as such when you search by ISBN. So you can't know offhand is an ISBN is NAB or N/A. And then you go into the whole effort of gathering the data (title, author names, page count etc etc) for the book and press "submit"... only to get an error message that the application can't get through because of the NAB marking.

Perhaps a more robust system would be to have the NAB entry show up when we search by ISBN. That would enable librarians to view the NAB entry and edit the details (thus be able to de-NAB it).

SBS :)