Adding another edition of a book

[Alexa]

I am holding in my hands an edition of Selected Poems II: 1976 - 1986 that doesn't match any of the editions currently listed. Is there a procedure for getting it listed?

[Abcdarian]

There is a link for "add a new edition" part way down the page, under "other editions". You can fill in your information: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Alexa]

Oh thank you! Sorry for being oblivious and not seeing that - it must drive you good folks crazy to have to always answer the same question!

[Alexa]

I tried, but it won't let me add it because the ISBN already exists for another book. But that ISBN is being used for the same book with a different publisher.

[Liz]

Save it without the ISBN and in the Description field, list the ISBN and state that it is an alternate edition.

[Alexa]

Even if it's a different publisher? And with a different number of pages?

[Liz]

As long as it is a different edition of the same work, yes.

[Alexa]

OK, thanks.

[lethe]

Alexa wrote: "I tried, but it won't let me add it because the ISBN already exists for another book. But that ISBN is being used for the same book with a different publisher."

Which ISBN and which publisher? I see several HMH and Mariner editions there. Mariner republishes a lot of HMH books and I believe it is owned by HMH.

[Alexa]

Oh, that would explain it. I have a paperback published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1987, with 147 pages. On the copyright page it says:
ISBN 0-395-40423-1
ISBN 0-395-45406-9 (pbk.)

So I assumed the second one was the relevant ISBN. It has a cover which is shown on the Amazon page under "Customer Images."

The same ISBN is currently listed as a paperback published by Mariner in 1987 with 160 pages (and a different cover).

[lethe]

Yes, in that case just follow the ACE (alternate cover edition) procedure Liz mentioned in message #5 :)

[Alexa]

Thank you.