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Please delete this book! (pt. 6)
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Nov 07, 2009 11:37PM
Jen, Got it.
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Lisa wrote: "Kathrynn, I got it. Isn't it great when soon to be published books get all their info?!":-) Imagine that! I have to raise my hand in guilt on this, though. Sometimes, book info comes out in magazines or author's websites long before it hits store lists, so in lieu of forgetting to add it later, I'll create it, too. Usually, I can fix these by merging and deleting, but when so many jump on that wagon and attach themselves to a book, need a SL (Super Librarian) to fix. Yikes. :-)
Tends to happen with die-hard fans who anxiously await the next book....**goes away in guilt**:-)
Thanks, Lisa!
Super needs to delete or merge:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Duplicate - already combined. Thanks!
And this is a merge candidate: One has all the right info, but no ISBn, the other has no info, except the ISBN pretty much:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Jessica, I got the second one. I got the first one too but in that case I copied the ISBNs from the other edition (because that's all that was missing is the edition you linked and all that was there in the other edition, including no cover) and deleted the ISBNs from the other edition so it could be deleted and merged.
Great, thanks! So is that all you do with a merge? I thought you had some kind of special super-tool :)
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Nope. You just must have somehow flipped which half you're in.
Rivka, Yes, I guess so, because it was short-lived. Too bad.
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Rivka, You don't find it irritating to have to scroll down to see other editions or click on combine for that author? (I doubt that you're the only one.)
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It looks like it is sheet music, which as long as it is bound, is a book.
Well, I never! I'm glad I didn't delete it then.
Please delete me!http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
Apparently I am a good book, but I am a duplicate :D
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ZAP!
Oh it gets worse. I have a serial adder. I've already found quite a few books where it looked like it was the only edition, but I thought, hrrm, that's unlikely. Yup, names are mispelled. I ran across one I debated on deleting because it's an old book, butgiven this guy's track record....I dunno. I know I don't have any more energy tonight to deal with it. http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
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Samdra. It's gone. Thanks for noticing it.
Should the follwoing be NOT-A-BOOK? I ask because the "12cc" in the title makes me think it is a display.http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67...
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So for things that say 18flrc I can check the ISBN and if it doesn't come up on amazon, I can delete it (and hope it doesn't pop back up)?
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Thanks for the info! I'll do that from now one. Just for reference though, are the items that say mixed prepacks also NABs? I figure they are the wrapped bundles of the same book for distribution but I never knew for sure and never did anything with them.
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OTOH, I'm guessing most people actually don't care about edition, and if they do they can easily shift to the corrected LP edition.
Oh, I'm very sorry. Thanks, Rivka for fixing it!
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Hi, I'm kind of new to all this and though I've looking for this in the manual, I couldn't find an explicit confirmation of the rule but from what I've seen, I'm guessing that the policy is "all new books without ISBN must go." Is this assumption correct? Are there shades of gray to consider?For example I present an entry for a potential book that may or may not be released. However the book have been shelved by more than 1500 users. Does that make a difference or should it be deleted?
Here's the link:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
No, you would want to keep that, IMO. Although I think it's crazy that so many people have shelved what amounts to only a "potential" release.You'll also see quite a few books without an ISBN that haven't been released yet. Once the book with the ISBN gets uploaded though, it's OK to delete (but first it must be combined with the correct edition, so that when it is deleted all of the reviews get transfered).
Oh, OK. Thanks for the info Jessica.
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