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ANNOUNCEMENT: Fix to Add a New Edition
Great news! Thanks to everyone involved in making this possible.
This is a great improvement.
Awesome news. Thank you! :)
Emily wrote: "When you click the "add a new edition" button from a book page, it will actually create a new edition of the book - not a ..."That's great. As someone else said, it'll be less of a hassle.
Emily wrote: "When you click the "add a new edition" button from a book page, it will actually create a new edition of the book..."Great! This will indeed make things a lot easier.
Nice feature - thanks!Emily wrote: "Hi everyone,
Today we're releasing a fix for add a new edition (hooray!). When you click the "add a new edition" button from a book page, it will actually create a new edition of the book - not a ..."
That is super! When I first got the mail I thought oh no, did it automatically combine them before and I did it all before in vain... Now I interpret it that I was wrong and it didn't work before :)
Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "Thank you - and thank you for the broadcast PM because this is indeed important and I would not have seen it otherwise."Me neither, thanks for the email :)
This is so cool. Awesome job GR staff!
I may still have some faith left in Goodreads.;)
Thank you for this.
Can't wait to try this new feature, it will make adding a new addition far simpler.
Wee! I was always wondering why it says I'm adding a new edition and in fact it looked like I was adding a new book. :) Thanks.
Well, finally, I'd say. ;-) Of the fews times I added a different edition, I had to ask a librarian to combine it with the original.Also, does that mean that editions that have not been combined until now will also be combined, or do we still have to ask a librarian? :)
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It won't work retroactively. Any editions not already combined will still need a librarian.
Nice improvement! Thanks to all involved!
rivka wrote: "Tim wrote: "Also, does that mean that editions that have not been combined until now will also be combined, or do we still have to ask a librarian?"It won't work retroactively. Any editions not a..."
Damn. ;-) Ok, good to know.
Great update! Thank you for letting us know via PM. :)
Thanks for this, it should clear up a lot of issues ;-)
Thank you very much! Specially now, that I've to add some ebook editions ;)
Finally! This makes our lives easier! :)
At last. It'll all be so much and easier and faster. Glad for all of you how worked so hard with all “combine..ing". Thanks!!
Excellent news.Saving a few moments for each edition of my books will provide both me and librarians more time to find other great books and read them.
Great! I always wondered why it didn't work that way to begin with, but I'm no software writer.
This will save a lot of time - a great improvement, thank you.
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You won't be able to edit work-level data until the edition has been added and automatically combined. However, the work level data will be editable on that edition after you initially add it to the site.
**Manjula** wrote: "Does this mean no more duplicates on the bookshelf? "
Hi Manjula! If you have duplicates on your bookshelf, you can remove them here. If you combine two books that are your shelves, you will still have two reviews. Try combining the books and then clicking the duplicates link to remove duplicate reviews.
C.S. wrote: "Thanks, I'm new to librarianship and GR authorship too (only a week as both). Does this relate to when I go to add my forthcoming paperback edition of what is currently eBook only? Thanks for your patience, I'm still learning. "
Welcome to Goodreads - we're glad you're here! When you add your paperback to the site and choose "add a new edition," it will be automatically combined with the existing ebook edition - so all ratings and reviews will show up on both book pages.