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Nov 05, 2013 02:46PM
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Hi, four editions, same book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
Hi, same book, difrent language:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Can I merge reviews of my first novel, Knock on Wood, with its ebook republished version, The Secret in the Wood (same text, slightly different pictures and supplementary content that includes sheet music for a song that enhances the story)? I am author S.L. Lipson. If the reviews for the original paperback could be linked to the ebook reviews, it would help. Thanks for your time.
9 Your books are already combined, so all reviews for both editions will been shown together.
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Hi,two editions, same book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Hi,Please merge these two, its the same book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Thanks,
Wikipedia says that Not After Midnight was published by the title Don't Look Now in USA. So I guess these two books should be combined.
#16 separating to merge the blank English edition, then combining.
Emy wrote: "#16 separating to merge the English edition, then combining."Thanks!
Please merge the ebook and print editions of Seventh Night:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I am a librarian here on Goodreads and I am a librarian by profession (public library). I have a question for the other librarians here. I checked the librarian manual and it didn't really answer my question.
I am wondering why radically different books are lumped together as different editions of each other, such as: Cinderella and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Even though most (but not all) of the Cinderella books have Charles Perrault as one of the authors, they do not all have the same illustrator and publisher. The same holds true with the vast array of Snow White editions, all considered as one work here on GoodReads.
In a library catalog, these books would be on separate records, because they have different illustrators, different publishers, different pub. dates, different number of pages, etc.
The way Goodreads has these books lumped together as different editions of one another makes it incredibly difficult to find the exact book that one has read. The other drawback is that if one has read multiple Cinderella books with different illustrators, and lists them all in their booklists, they will show up as "duplicates" when one is checking for duplicates in their lists, even though they are not technically duplicates, because they are radically different books.
I would appreciate if anyone could give me a good explanation for this (in my opinion: deplorable) practice.
I'm guessing, but it's likely over zealous application of a system that makes sense with other classics that have the same author but many editions like Plato's Republic or Goethe's Faust.
These two needs to be combined. It's the same book, different format.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Tried to add it as a new edition (audiobook) but can't.
Beverly wrote: "I am a librarian here on Goodreads and I am a librarian by profession (public library). I have a question for the other librarians here. I checked the librarian manual and it didn't really answer..."
1. Cinderella & Snow White should not be combined unless they are BOTH in an edition which contains the two titles.
2. I think of this as an interpretation of FRBR, and whilst not perfect, it works for the average reader better than other iterations. :)
PS Academic librarian and cataloguer here ;)
Emy wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I am a librarian here on Goodreads and I am a librarian by profession (public library). I have a question for the other librarians here. I checked the librarian manual and it didn..."
Thanks for your reply. I didn't mean that Cinderella and Snow White were lumped together. I meant that there were many radically different editions of Cinderella all lumped together, regardless of illustrator and publisher, etc.; and the same went for Snow White, and many other traditional folktales which come in a wide variety of editions.
Right now, Goodreads is telling me I have 3 sets of duplicates in my book lists, when the books they are showing only have the same title, but are not duplicates of each other (different illustrators, different publishers), because they are lumped together on one Goodreads record.
It's very annoying.
Could you possibly help with merging these two editions, ideally keeping the one with the cover and author info? I'd be truly grateful as I tried everything. 1. The Good One to Keep:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
2. The one to add
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Beverly wrote: "Emy wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I am a librarian here on Goodreads and I am a librarian by profession (public library). I have a question for the other librarians here. I checked the librarian manual..."
They are, however, the same entity - the Snow White or the Cinderella story. Folk tales are always a tricky area, because they have always varied from teller to teller, while remaining the same essential story. However, not a discussion for here. The basic thing here is that we all use Goodreads in different ways - for one person, having them all together is annoying, for another it is incredibly helpful to be able to see that there are other versions of the same work... :) Personally, I would just ignore the Duplicates, as I do when I own the same work in multiple formats.
Emy wrote: "Beverly wrote: "Emy wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I am a librarian here on Goodreads and I am a librarian by profession (public library). I have a question for the other librarians here. I checked the ..."
Thanks for you input! It was very helpful in understanding the reasoning for combining differing editions this way.
Could someone please merge these two editions of the same book? One is Kindle/ebook, one is paperback. Thanks!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Can someone combine the following additions of my book? Before Bethlehem
and the second one appears to be the Kindle version but needs the author name adjusted to fall under my author profile.
Before Bethlehem
Thank you!
James Flerlage
5 books have been created for the same edition. Please merge them.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... (Main entry - correct ISBN13 number)
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...
Alex wrote: "5 books have been created for the same edition. Please merge them.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... (Main entry - correct ISBN13 number)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/sho..."
Are you sure that they are not Alternate cover editions?
Huma wrote: "Alex wrote: "5 books have been created for the same edition. Please merge them."Seems so. All of them have 2008 as the publication date. The reprint with a different cover already exists(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...). There has been only one reprint by that publishers according to the details listed in that book.
When I set this up a few months ago, I don't recall there being a "Kindle" edition vs. "ebook" edition option, but it seems there is now.This is the Kindle version: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
And this is the epub/ebook version: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
There is a slight difference in the cover art, but I've seen books with far more dramatic differences...not really sure if the proper term is Merged or Combined, but whatever makes the most sense for this situation.
Also if someone could update the Kindle version to say "Kindle"
Much thanks.
Someone should take up #40. All editions but one are shelved more than 5 times. I don't think my normal GR librarian status will allow me to merge them.
re 41, the first link is actually an ebook edition, even though that isbn is associated with the edition that was used to generate the kindle edition. So it stays as ebook. Looks like someone has combined the actual kindle edition already:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Kay wrote: "When I set this up a few months ago, I don't recall there being a "Kindle" edition vs. "ebook" edition option, but it seems there is now.This is the Kindle version: https://www.goodreads.com/book..."
Labeled the Kindle edition. Someone had already combined the editions.
Two listings of the same Kindle edition. The One with the ASIN was originally setup with a different author and as a different book. I was able to combine it into the main book listing, but not Merge the Two Kindle Editions.I am a librarian so info on how I could have resolved myself in message would be nice.
Kindle version with AISN/Less reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Kindle Version w/o AISN and rejects adding as 'duplicate': https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
you have to seperate the 2 kindle books that are (exact) duplicates. (go to all editions, then separate *top right) then delete the one that is wrong, the reviews/ratings will shift to the other edition, then you can combine them back. if you don't separate them when they are deleted they go the most popular book, which is a paperback. in this case the ASIN-less one had more than 5 shelved so a super-librarian would have to do delete it, which i have done
45, done
@Deon thanks! I am not yet super, so that was the issue. =]
Actually another two (Kindle Editions seem to have this issue).https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (this is the proper cover)
they actually have different covers, GR keeps all covers, even when they go out of print.
It is the same kindle edition, just one imported the MMPB cover and the other the proper kindle cover. Same release date.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...It's a Polish edition of this title:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Can you fix it?
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