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Unholy Writ
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Looks like all the details (such as original pub date, ISBN, series, etc.) and the one review are for Unholy Writ, so all that really needs to be done is change the summary, remove Eldredge as an author and change the cover pic (or at the very least remove it). I'd do it myself, but I applied to be a GR librarian a couple days ago and am still waiting to hear, so for now this is all I can do :)
Forgot to say there are already correct main entries for both Beautiful Outlaw and Unholy Writ-- the page I linked with the issues is simply one of the editions for Unholy Writ, which somehow got some of Beautiful Outlaw's info incorporated into it. So doing the edits I suggested are the only things needed, no need to make a separate entry for Beautiful Outlaw.
I changed the title of this thread because, looking further into this, I found multiple errors on other editions of Unholy Writ:The main/default edition is the only one with all the correct info:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
These editions all have the summary for Beautiful Outlaw instead of Unholy Writ:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
This edition has the wrong summary, plus the title is misworded - it should obviously be Unholy Writ instead of Unholy Writing:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Lastly, this is the edition I originally posted about - it has the summary and cover pic for Beautiful Outlaw instead of Unholy Writ, and has John Eldredge as an additional author, which he isn't:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Sometimes this happens when an isbn is used for two different books. Worldcat only has Unholy Writ for this isbn, with a wrong cover, different from the one on GR. I've removed the obvious incorrect cover from this edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4..., also removed John Eldredge and corrected the description.
Once there is a wrong description, it can easily be transferred to other editions. Corrected the description for the other editions and corrected the incorrect title.
This entry has the title and GR reviews for Unholy Writ by David Williams, but the summary and cover for Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge, and has both Williams and Eldredge listed as authors. These are two entirely different books, the first being fiction, and the second being nonfiction.
Both Amazon and WorldCat have the Beautiful Outlaw cover; as far as summary, Amazon has nothing, and WorldCat has the info for Unholy Writ.
It looks like it has been this way for awhile, as someone started a discussion thread for the book indicating the wrong summary back in March of 2013. Obviously, they should have posted to the Librarians group instead, but that shows the two books have been "mashed up" for some time.