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Please delete this book! (pt. 42) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians]
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
And recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
#410 Done, no super needed
these books don't seem to existhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
David wrote: "#410 Queued, no super needed"No? Shouldn't they be deleted though? The only info is the scanlating site and we definitely shouldn't have links to it. These chapters were never published separately.
edit: nevermind, I forgot we can merge and then delete. I haven't had to delete something in so long that I forgot.
#422 You could have deleted them yourself, none of them had more than 5 shelves. I did it for you.
David wrote: "#422 You could have deleted them yourself, none of them had more than 5 shelves. I did it for you."Yup, I realized that now.
Please delete:Duplicate with no information associated with it:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Same (for a different book) but this one has an incomplete isbn that doesn't exist: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
#416 #417/408
#417/409
#418 Not done. Covers not the same (see crowd surging through title).
#420 They seem to be part of this: LINK
But, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at. I think that maybe this isn't something that should be on GR?
#421 Do you know if any Advance Reader Copies were distributed with the original title?
#424
#426 Duplicates for all 3
#427.1
#427.2 In future, please separate into a set with edition to be merged into before request. Separated with edition with matching ISBN section and
truncated ISBN13: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...recombine with: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Hi,
My author profile is currently a mess, a lot of books are listed that are no longer available, or have been updated with new covers, I understand the need for your company to store accurate data but why does it have to be stored on my profile? Couldn't you simply supply the extra information if a reader requests it. As it is the extra data simply leaves a "data dump" which makes for a really confusing experience, both for the reader and the author. Imagine going into a physical bookshop and every edition of an author's works, going right back to the beginning of his/her career, is dumped on the shelves. (personally I wouldn't know what to buy)
I've noticed there are a lot of writers making the same request as me, does Goodreads intend doing something about this in the near future, it would be really great to hear that you're working on a solution that serves both your company and the writers who contribute in no small part to your continuing and well-deserved success.
Thanks
My author profile is currently a mess, a lot of books are listed that are no longer available, or have been updated with new covers, I understand the need for your company to store accurate data but why does it have to be stored on my profile? Couldn't you simply supply the extra information if a reader requests it. As it is the extra data simply leaves a "data dump" which makes for a really confusing experience, both for the reader and the author. Imagine going into a physical bookshop and every edition of an author's works, going right back to the beginning of his/her career, is dumped on the shelves. (personally I wouldn't know what to buy)
I've noticed there are a lot of writers making the same request as me, does Goodreads intend doing something about this in the near future, it would be really great to hear that you're working on a solution that serves both your company and the writers who contribute in no small part to your continuing and well-deserved success.
Thanks
#430 I performed some basic maintenance on your profile. I combined editions of the same books, brought titles up to GR standard (series title in parenthesis after book title) and created your series. You should find that it is much better now.However, Chike, this is not the thread for this request. As explained in the first post, it is for requesting the deletion of true duplicates.
For further help, please start a new thread in this folder.
#429
Thanks Alex,
I appreciate the fast response and I'm sorry I posted my request in the wrong place (Lord knows, you've probably got enough on your plate), I haven't checked my profile yet but thanks for the help regardless.
Chike
I appreciate the fast response and I'm sorry I posted my request in the wrong place (Lord knows, you've probably got enough on your plate), I haven't checked my profile yet but thanks for the help regardless.
Chike
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
An ebook from Amazon is a Kindle, so it's a duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
And recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Unidentified edition, cover same as most popular so can be merged there:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
unidentified edition, cover same as second most popular so will be merged there:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
#434 not done, truncated isbn matches with this edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... and covers are different, marked as ACE#435-438 done
#439 queued
#440
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Unidentified edition, cover same as other existing edition
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
#442-443 done
#436/421 You don't sound certain. I've added a note to the older edition that it should be merged into the new one if it is determined that no ARCs were distributed under its title.
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Unidentified edition, same cover as most popular so can e merged there:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Unidentified edition, same cover as most popular so can e merged there:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Could someone delete this book for us? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... There is already a correct version on Goodreads. This one is not attributed to the correct author. Thanks! I appreciate it! :)
Not sure what to do with this:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
It's a link to an Amazon series page, never published in Omnibus to the best of my knowledge
#446-447 done#448 no delete, as it is a valid edition. Corrected the author and combined the paperback with the Kindle edition.
#449 When there is no omnibus edition it should be merged into the first book of the series. Done.
Arenda wrote: "#446 queued#447 queued
#448 no delete, as it is a valid edition. Corrected the author and combined the paperback with the Kindle edition.
#449 When there is no omnibus edition it should be merged ..."
Thank you! - from #448
Hi there; while this isn't the "exact duplicates needing merging" situation, in the past, I've directly written to GR via the contact option, and they've told me if similar circumstances occur, this thread can handle it as well.(My past request was the whole "Lunar Chronicles short stories that kept on being created with individual pages per story" fiasco, fyi)
Temporary work id# 55559849
This request is about something that has also happened quite a few times in the past, and is happening again. Short stories from The Dresden Files, the ones that have NOT been individually published, are being created with separate pages. Much like tLC shorts, those stories aren't supposed to have their own pages.
Please merge "Something Borrowed" and "Day off" into "Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files," where the "audiobook" of those stories are included in.
Note: there are a few more individual pages fitting the description, but they aren't shorts included in Side Jobs; not sure how to proceed but I figured it's still worth noting.
Thanks!
452 done. About those other stories, are they published as part of other works, or not published in a way we consider books? Perhaps you ca start a new thread to ask for help with those other stories.453 Someone has merged the valid edition, I replaced the invalid ISBN with the valid ISBN
454 done
455 done
Please delete, this edition with this ISBN was never published: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
And recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Oddly, 440 didn't happen. Is the queue acting up again?
David wrote: "Oddly, 440 didn't happen. Is the queue acting up again?"I still have three merges refusing to go through. 440 is one of them. 439 also, but that duplicate now has a kobo-identifier?
Majority of the merges did work quite well yesterday.
Update: 440 is done now
#439 was unidentified when I listed it. Since then, someone else added "ebook", so I now added a kobo-identifier. I don't really know what is the correct action.
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
And recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Sammm wrote: "Hi there; while this isn't the "exact duplicates needing merging" situation, in the past, I've directly written to GR via the contact option, and they've told me if similar circumstances occur, thi..."There is a thread that is used for short stories not published on its own, and similar issues: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please deletehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Duplicate of
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
and recombine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
#457 Not done. I don't know where that description came from. This isbn has a listing on Worldcat, which seems to suggest it was available.#458 done
#462-463 done
#465 done
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#412 Investigating. Given that the record creator also set the format at Audible edition I'm correcting the remaining data to match that. The ISBN10 in the ISBN13 field would normally match to the correct 10/13 edition but in this case I think it's an error when creating an Audible edition.