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typos on "The Devil's Feast" page
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M.J. Carter is a Goodreads Author and as such responsible for her own author page. Librarians cannot edit Goodreads author pages.https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thanks. When I visited her author page and clicked the 'edit data' link next to the bio, I am told: "Sorry, this author is on Goodreads and is responsible for editing their own data. If you see a typo or other error, then you may want to report it in the Goodreads Librarians Group."a) Not surprised that I am not able to edit her data.
b) ENHANCEMENT REQUEST: Don't even expose the 'edit data' link to anyone but the person who has permissions to edit the data.
c) BUG: That error message should not direct me to report the typo on the Goodreads Librarians Group. I did so and user lethe told me that the author herself was responsible for editing. Instead, the error message should tell me how to send a message to the author so she can correct her own bio.
Since your suggestions have to do with site functionality, which librarians can't do anything about, it's better to post them in the Feedback Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...ETA I am actually surprised that non-librarians can see that edit link.
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- "Her second book, The Three Emperors..." [the book title should be italicized, per usage and for consistency with the first book title mentioned in the section]
- "In 2014 her first thriller, The Strangler Vine,..." [the book title should be italicized, per usage and for consistency with the first book title mentioned in the section]
- "set in the first years f Queen Victoria's reign, ..." ['of', not 'f']
- "The second in the series, The Infidel Stain,..." [the book title should be italicized, per usage and for consistency with the first book title mentioned in the section]
- "... is due for publication in January 2015." [should be "was published in April 2015."
I am assuming these typos also appear on the pages for MJ Carter's other books (to the extent the author's bio is a shared content resource).
What is the process for correcting these errors?