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message 1: by Niilo S (new)

Niilo S | 11 comments I tried to add my version of a book using isbn13. It seems that I can't combine it with isbn10 version.

These two are exactly the same book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I tried also to add a new edition of a book. I found out that the original book is in the Goodreads and did not use the Add new edition button. This is the English language edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
My Finnish language edition is:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Why Goodreads does not calculate automatically the missing isbn10 or isbn13 for all books in the database?


message 2: by Ashley E (new)

Ashley E | 416 comments I have fixed the ISBN issue; there is now only one edition with both the 10- and 13-digit ISBN. Unfortunately, GR does not automatically convert these. You can find a converter here.

I also combined the Finnish edition with the rest of the editions.


message 3: by Niilo S (new)

Niilo S | 11 comments Ashley E wrote: "I have fixed the ISBN issue; there is now only one edition with both the 10- and 13-digit ISBN. Unfortunately, GR does not automatically convert these. You can find a converter here.

I also combin..."


Thanks. Unfortunately the latter problem of my original message is not fixed, only changed.

This:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
is the Finnish translation of this:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Hopeapuu is the part #5 of the series, not part #2 as it says now.

Thanks for the isbn converter link. There are several other nice isbn converters in the net I know already. I have also a python script which I have used to convert my own book database from isbn10 to isbn13 (check https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-s...)

I have been testing Goodreads so that I know whether to import all my books. I have to study the import system so that I know how to use it correctly and how to add books Goodreads does not know. I could add some books manually, but not all 2000 books.


message 4: by Nina (new)

Nina | 426 comments Indeed... `hopeapuu´ means ´silver tree´ :)
Is now combined with the correct edition


message 5: by Ashley E (new)

Ashley E | 416 comments Thanks for fixing my mistake, Nina. So sorry about that!


message 6: by Niilo S (new)

Niilo S | 11 comments Nina wrote: "Indeed... `hopeapuu´ means ´silver tree´ :)
Is now combined with the correct edition"


Thanks a lot. Seems to be ok now.

I tried to add some Finnish language Rei Shimura books and found out that there is at least one wrong isbn in the Goodreads database. This:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
show that the isbn is 9789524596 which is an obvious mistake. It has only 10 numbers, but it begins 978. I don't own that edition of the book, but The National Bibliography of Finland says that there is a paperback edition published 2006 (additional printing 2007) and it says that ISBN is 952-459-643-1 and ISBN13 is 978-952-459-643-5. Could you fix that also?


message 7: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments re 6, ISBN/ISBN13 is fixed


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