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Please delete this book! (pt. 24) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians]
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rivka, Former Moderator
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Feb 18, 2014 07:17AM
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Hi,
This book doesn't seem to exist in the real world:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...
The title can't be found via Google or Worldcat. The record contains no ISBN. The title is a mashup of two actual works by John le Carre, so it's difficult to know which edition to combine with. (The other works are "A Murder of Quality" and "Our Kind of Traitor".)
This book has unfortunately been shelved a number of times. What's the best way to fix the problem?
Thanks,
David
This book doesn't seem to exist in the real world:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...
The title can't be found via Google or Worldcat. The record contains no ISBN. The title is a mashup of two actual works by John le Carre, so it's difficult to know which edition to combine with. (The other works are "A Murder of Quality" and "Our Kind of Traitor".)
This book has unfortunately been shelved a number of times. What's the best way to fix the problem?
Thanks,
David
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I suggest messaging the user who added the book (look at the logs) and asking what book it is meant to be.
I looked at that - they are marked private and accept no messages.
Thanks, Rivka. The Librarian Change Log shows one update, though nothing explicitly labeled creation. Is this the user to contact?
David wrote: "Hi,
This book doesn't seem to exist in the real world:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...
The title can't be found via Google or Worldcat. The record contain..."
David wrote: "Hi,
This book doesn't seem to exist in the real world:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...
The title can't be found via Google or Worldcat. The record contain..."
Mod
Melody wrote: "I looked at that - they are marked private and accept no messages."
That is not the person who created the book record. The person who created the book record is listed as the source of the title.
Hi again,
The details for this book don't seem to show a user near the creation date. Is there another place to look? The word 'source' doesn't occur on this details page.
Thanks for your patience,
David
David wrote: "Thanks, Rivka. The Librarian Change Log shows one update, though nothing explicitly labeled creation. Is this the user to contact?
David wrote: "Hi,
This book doesn't seem to exist in the real wo..."
The details for this book don't seem to show a user near the creation date. Is there another place to look? The word 'source' doesn't occur on this details page.
Thanks for your patience,
David
David wrote: "Thanks, Rivka. The Librarian Change Log shows one update, though nothing explicitly labeled creation. Is this the user to contact?
David wrote: "Hi,
This book doesn't seem to exist in the real wo..."
Mod
The creation of a book record is never logged as an edit.
rivka wrote: "Re 506/508, it's not actually a book because it was never published separately. It was only published as part of a magazine. Gone."Here's Gareth's story pdf, separate from the mag:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
Mod
That is hardly a separate publication.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...duplicate
please recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Got it! The user Bibliophile is marked as having private profile data. How should they be contacted?
David wrote: "Hi again,
The details for this book don't seem to show a user near the creation date. Is there another place to look? The word 'source' doesn't occur on this details page.
Thanks for your patienc..."
David wrote: "Hi again,
The details for this book don't seem to show a user near the creation date. Is there another place to look? The word 'source' doesn't occur on this details page.
Thanks for your patienc..."
Mod
That is not the user who added the book. The person who created the book record is listed as the source of the title on the log page, near the bottom.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...duplicate
please recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...duplicate
please recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thanks - sorry for the oversight. I've sent a quick message to the user for clarification.
David wrote: "Got it! The user Bibliophile is marked as having private profile data. How should they be contacted?
David wrote: "Hi again,
The details for this book don't seem to show a user near the creation..."
David wrote: "Got it! The user Bibliophile is marked as having private profile data. How should they be contacted?
David wrote: "Hi again,
The details for this book don't seem to show a user near the creation..."
I couldn't scan the book on the iPhone app and add the edition by ISBN, so I added this. I'm sorry for messing it up. Please, delete.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
can anyone see a reason why these shouldn't be merged?https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
527 done529 just needed combining with the other editions, no deletion
Z-squared wrote: "can anyone see a reason why these shouldn't be merged?https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1......"
Covers are definitely identical on zoom in. EITHER the "Fourth Del Ray" bit is irrelevant or it needs to have a different cover. My inclination would be merge and then if there is an ACE, the reader will find it if they care (if they've added the wrong one initially then I doubt they care!).
hmmm on second thought, it looks like the person that created the alt edition is a fairly active and experienced librarian. i guess i'll PM them and see what's up. thanks emy!
looks like 525 was not merged, only recombined.I did separate both editions again.
please delete https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
duplicate
please recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
please delete https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... (which has correct ISBN, book description, etc.)
This is an entry for "Children of the Corn." Reviewers have tagged it as a short story, but someone uploaded the DVD cover as a cover image. According to Wikipedia, the story was first published in Penthouse and later included in the collection Night Shift.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The book linked to @513 now needs to be deleted.
please delete this duplicate book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
then combine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Please delete this:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
since it's the duplicate of this:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
thanks.
Please delete https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...,it's dup of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Z-squared wrote: "can anyone see a reason why these shouldn't be merged?https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1......"
One more round of comments, please. I got a PM back from the librarian who made the other edition, and he says that it's just another printing. Do we make editions for reprints if the cover and content haven't changed?
Mod
No, only if there has been a change (cover, number of pages, etc.)
Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... into https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4....The first link has an isbn and isbn13 that exist NO WHERE ELSE ON THE INTERNET but Goodreads. It also fails the check system explained here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat....
The second link I am sure is correct because I have the alternate cover edition of it in my library. Its isbn is the same as the above with the 3rd and 4th digits switched, and all other information is the same (pages, publisher, etc.)
This fact, the lack of capitalization of the publisher, the lack of the complete publishing company's name, and the lack of a cover in the first link makes me think that this book was added by a user that mixed up the isbn and didn't think to double check when the book didn't turn up.
556 done. Indeed an ISBN with switched digits.
@Super-Librarian: please merge: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio... (delete is obvious)
please recombine with: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Thanks
Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... into https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Thank you!
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