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removing a duplicate video
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The first one that was there, because they are identical videos. I find it amazing that Goodreads makes it impossible for authors to fix their own property in their accounts. Does that mean once we put your properties on Goodreads, be it a video or a book cover, it becomes the property of Goodreads? I can fix my video anytime on Youtube, FB, anywhere, but on GoodReads I have to have some one's permission. That is something authors and the public need to know. Something is terrible wrong with this. We need to start a discussion. So many old covers, duplicate books, now in my case, duplicate videos, old videos, etc.
Thanks, Rivka. I was able to delete the video.Thanks again.
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As far as book covers, users want to shelve the cover of the copy they have, regardless of whether it is out of print. So we don't delete those, just as a library wouldn't pull an out-of-print book off its shelves.
I didn't see the option to delete the video, Rivka, and I looked. About the book covers, if you want to equate an updated book cover to a library book, I can't stop you, Rivka. But as a reader, it only creates confusion when the reader comes to review the book. Furthermore, the library bought the book or was given the book, which means they own a physical copy of the book, neither of those situations applies to GRs. If that's the justification for holding on to people's property as if it belong to GRs, then keep on trekking.
As a reader is causes me no confusion. I want to shelve and review the book I bought a physical copy of with the cover I bought , not the newest version of a book that I did not buy or read
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I'm confused. You said it had been deleted, and I don't see any duplicate videos on your profile.
Ju wrote: "If that's the justification for holding on to people's property as if it belong to GRs, then keep on trekking."Book covers are not the author's property. You should see GR as a library's catalogue more than a physical library. Lots of library catalogues nowadays show a picture of the cover with the book record. They are not going to replace that with a new cover just because the author or publisher releases a new edition.
Like Paula, I want to shelve the edition I actually have, with that exact cover. Not with the latest edition's cover.
Yes, they are. As authors, we pay a lot of money to create our covers, not one cent from GRs. So tell me again how GRs owns the copy of the copyrighted property. And, just so you know, libraries take their feed from the book's distributor and the book distributor don't hold on to old obsolete covers. As a reader, I've heard a lot of authors complain about this practice of Goodreads'. You don't know which cover to post the review under. Three covers staring you in the face for the same book. Now that I understand your logic for your action, it's flawed, on all levels. No one goes looking for a picture of an old book cover to write a review, particularly, one that's different to the one he/she bought. Also, GRs have been holding author's properties hostage long before the library ever had electronic books. This ebook is a new phenomena for the library. I've already deleted the video. After I emailed you this morning, I visited my account again, and that was when I saw the option to edit video, it was not there before. :)
Paula wrote: "As a reader is causes me no confusion. I want to shelve and review the book I bought a physical copy of with the cover I bought , not the newest version of a book that I did not buy or read"I will not engage with you, Paula. :)
Ju wrote: "Yes, they do. Because they take their feed from the book distributor and the book distributor don't hold on to old obsolete covers. As a reader I heard a lot of authors complain about this practice..."Sorry, but this site was intended for readers, not authors. I find it is always the authors who complain that readers won't be able to find the right edition. I never heard readers complain about that, and if they are confused at first, they very quickly learn how to use GR.
I am a reader as well. I want to shelve the exact same edition that I own/have read. I would be majorly pissed off if my edition was pulled off the virtual shelves here. And who is talking about ebooks? I'm not.
ETA It seems you are only talking about self-published authors. GR intends to be a database of all books ever published, not just the ones that are for sale at Amazon right now.
I will not engage you but only to give you a much useful piece of info. I have been a reader for 40 years. A writer for five, which one do you think I am. LOL
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