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Please delete this book! (pt. 44) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians]
Hi! I am assisting author Amy Marie with cleaning up her GoodReads profile. She has several books listed that she was working on that she is not going to publish. She would like them to be deleted. they are: Starting Over, Captivating Autumn, and Should've Been. Also, the book 304 Lifestyle the book volume 1 isn't her book (never was). Can this please be removed from her profile as well? I already assisted her with the other things she needed.Thanks!
Venus
#721 this is not the thread for request for the moving of books
that ebook edition can be deleted https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... as per author she's exclusivly on amazon (as the asin edition was under a wrong written name that's possibly why the isbn version exists) (authors answer to my question here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)the kindle edition is the one with most shelvings so did no separation)
got 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 654, 655, 656, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668
#726 No, the covers are different, so we keep both.
Please mergehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
and recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...Individual comics without ISBN. Merge with Kindle:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Please mergehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
and recombine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
This entry has no useful information with which to be able to improve the entry. Should it be deleted?https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Hi! I am assisting author Amy Marie with cleaning up her GoodReads profile. She has several books listed that she was working on that she is not going to publish. She would like them to be deleted. They are: Starting Over, Captivating Autumn, and Should've Been. Thanks!
Venus
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Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
and recombine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Please mergehttps://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
and recombine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Dear Librarians, I have a forthcoming book, House of Rougeaux, however, there are are two other editions (see below) that I would like deleted (title: Waking Star). They were never published, and are not going to be published. I have tried everything to delete them on my own. Please help!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
727 done
Please delete these two editions https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
or merge to the correct one:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Please delete the book FORSAKEN at this link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...There are two copies. We are the publisher. Thank you.
Please merge this:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
into this:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
duplicatehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I know it has a ISBN (it's listed as such on Amazon, and it was imported by the Amazon bot) but to me this is clearly an error, ISBNs were not in use in Italy in 1966. Is it possible that Amazon arbitrarily assigns an ISBN to old editions for its cataloguing purposes?
Nevertheless, that one is a duplicate and that edition didn't have an ISBN: once merged, it would be maybe useful to create another NAB record with that ISBN to prevent it being re-imported.
recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
thanks
(edit: the black border is not on the cover, it's the photo that is larger, see https://www.amazon.it/Il-deserto-dei-... )
duplicate (no ISBN edition)https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
it was combined with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... although I'm not sure that the stories included are exactly the same for all editions
that looks like the kindle version with isbn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
same here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
and recombine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Please merge: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...with:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Different page amount but there is no edition of 256 pages. I'll make sure book details are corrected if necessary after merge. Right now the least popular edition has all the correct info.
Hi there,Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
with: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Tried doing it myself but got the error message "Cannot separate the most popular edition of this book" for one of them.
Did not want to delete one for fear of killing both.
Entries are clearly duplicates for the same hardcover/ISBN, etc. Thanks!
Hello,I made a mistake when creating this book, I added it as a new edition of another book. Could you please help delete it?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Thanks.
My book is appearing twice under two different editions, a print and kindle. While they are different they should be linked together. Here is the link to the paperback: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...and the kindle edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Thank you for your help!
T. wrote: "My book is appearing twice under two different editions, a print and kindle. While they are different they should be linked together. Here is the link to the paperback: https://www.goodreads.com/bo..."Done and done!
Please delete this book. I've unpublished it from KDP. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Thank you.
#764 GR does not delete unpublished books(if there are legal issues for deletion you have to contact support via contact form on the help page)
removing valid data is not allowed (like title or asin)
Lachgas wrote: "#764 GR does not delete unpublished books(if there are legal issues for deletion you have to contact support via contact form on the help page)
removing valid data is not allowed (like title or asin)"
Since this is the case, and I certainly don't contest it, doesn't it make sense to remove the delete option that's available to librarians? :)
Lachgas wrote: "#764 GR does not delete unpublished books(if there are legal issues for deletion you have to contact support via contact form on the help page)
removing valid data is not allowed (like title or asin)"
Well, it was self published by me on Amazon KDP and I took it off the market. But it looks like its been removed from here now. Thank you, who ever did it.
Mod
Librarians are expected to know when they are -- or are not -- allowed to use their various abilities. Or to ask those more experienced if they are not sure. Those who fail to follow policy tend to find themselves no longer having those abilities.
rivka wrote: "John wrote: "Since this is the case, and I certainly don't contest it, doesn't it make sense to remove the delete option that's available to librarians?"Librarians are expected to know when they ..."
Thanks Rivka, could you please link me to the policy concerning librarians and deletions of unpublished books? I cannot find it in the librarian manual, so I'm sure I'm missing something. I'm happy to follow any and all guidelines, and when made available and made clearly it certainly makes that easier to do. :) Thanks!
Mod
It is also worth noting that there are a number of reasons why the title of this thread specifies that deletions should be left for superlibrarians.
rivka wrote: "Please see http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/22... and http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/32...It is also worth noting ..."
Perfectly understandable, I have no issue with it. I simply suggest that the librarian manual should be updated to reflect that, since it is given as a first-point of reference for librarians. It currently states that librarians are able to perform some deletions, which is contradictory and misleading. Thanks again!
John wrote: "It currently states that librarians are able to perform some deletions, which is contradictory and misleading."Nothing contradictory and misleading about that. Librarians *are* able to perform some deletions (i.e. merges).
Please, merge:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
They are exactly the same.
Thanks!
John wrote: "rivka wrote: "Please see http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/22... and http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/32...It is also..."
oh we are allowed to delete things ... e.g. non books (without ISBN/ASIN) or merging duplicates with less than 5 reviews.
But books which have a valid ISBN/ASIN are just a big no - for
librarians and supers.
That's why a librarian should read the manual and if in doubt just ask others :(
#669-680 done
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