What to do if ISBN has been marked as not a book, but it is a book?

[Emily]

The book in question is The New Yorker Book of Christmas Cartoons (which I can confirm is in fact a book because I had a copy in my hands a few days ago). Not finding it on goodreads, I tried to add it using info from the Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorker-Boo...

I got a message saying the book could not be added to the database because the ISBN had been marked as "not a book." Can this be undone? Thanks for any help.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The ISBN in that Amazon listing appears to belong to a desk calendar. Those are not usually books by Goodreads standards.

Are you sure the ISBN of the edition you have is the same?

[Emily]

Unfortunately, the copy I read is now in another state (I was traveling for the holidays). However, looking up the title on bookfinder, I see that every copy listed (including those from sellers other than Amazon) has 0975573810 as the ISBN, so I think this number is incorrectly linked with the desk calendar on goodreads (and perhaps Amazon too, because their book description seems to be describing a calendar).

Here's the bookfinder link --
https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac...

-- But if this isn't proof enough, I'll double check an actual copy when I can.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Emily wrote: "I'll double check an actual copy when I can."

Please do. It was set as NOT A BOOK several years back, and was definitely listed here as a desk calendar at that time.

[Emily]

Sorry for the delay, but I was finally reunited with the book. Here are pictures of the front and back. The ISBN is visible on the back. As you can see, it's a book, and not a desk calendar.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Thanks for providing those! I have removed 0975573810 from our NOT A BOOK list, so you should now be able to add the book to the Goodreads database.

[Emily]

Thank you, rivka!