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message 1: by Jeff (new)

Jeff | 4 comments I attempted to add a cover for this book

Sorry, you don't have permission to edit ISBN/ASIN for this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...

Got the following error, even though I didn't touch any fields: "Sorry, you don't have permission to edit ISBN/ASIN for this book. " The ISBN was edited recently by somebody else, in case that's relevant.


message 2: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments I just got this error too: and I didn't touch the ISBN, I was trying to add other details like pages, description, cover

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...


message 3: by Moloch (last edited Oct 22, 2013 01:52PM) (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments I edited another book (adding year and format) and everything went well, so yes, as Jeff noticed, it's something that involves covers

edit: But, the same book from post #2, if I try to add the other details but NOT the cover, I got the same error still, so maybe it's not the cover? From the log, the only other contributor is worldcat


message 4: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments Something "strange", in the edit page of these books that Jeff and I are finding impossible to edit, the ISBN fields are grey and uneditable, I've never seen that before


message 5: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
I'm not seeing what you are seeing, but my permissions are different than yours.

For the book linked in the first post, it looks like a librarian manually added it, yes?

The one linked in the second post appears not to exist?


message 6: by Moloch (last edited Oct 22, 2013 02:32PM) (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments ??? It existed before... now it's gone

It was ISBN 9788815093110 and some users had shelved it


message 7: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12223 comments This thread is about a book with the same problem https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 8: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments I'm going to re-add the book, but I can't remember all the users that had shelved it: I'm sorry but unless they notice it's going to be missing from their libraries


message 9: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments I've been having that error pop up off and on all day. At the moment, I can't add a cover to this book:

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


message 10: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments From the book of post #9

For rivka, here's a screenshot

http://s18.postimg.org/tbx0209pl/scre...

I see the ISBN fields grey and I can't edit them


message 11: by Jeff (new)

Jeff | 4 comments Whew. This is my first day with librarian privileges; was pretty sure I was just doing something wrong...

Another factor: The two books I *could* add a cover to did not have an ISBN.


message 12: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Thanks.


message 13: by Cate (new)

Cate Dean (catedean) | 2 comments I am getting the same error trying to add a cover to one of my books. I also had issues earlier with the description, so there must be a glitch.


message 14: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Someone is looking into this.


message 15: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
The issue should be fixed.


message 16: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments It is; at least in the edit page of the book from post 9 where I couldn't edit the ISBN before, now I can

Thank you


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