duplicate editions

[Caroline]

My recently published ebook is listed as having two editions. Maybe because I used an ISBN number for the ebook, and amazon issues their own ASIN number, too? Or because there are somehow two publication dates posted (April 13th and April 17)?

I tried to combine the editions myself from the author dashboard, but there was no way to select both "editions". I received an error message that "I must select at least two works to combine."

I only noticed this because a user posted two reviews (one to each edition) of the same ebook. Can a librarian correct this, or is there something else I need to do - like edit the publication dates so they match? Not sure why the dates are different.

thanks for your help.

[Scott]

I changed the ISBN edition to ebook but otherwise everything looks fine and they are already combined correctly.

There is nothing wrong with reviewing different editions.

[Cassandra]

Caroline wrote: "thanks for doing that, Scott! I'm glad everything looks fine. To my understanding, a different edition is released when a book is updated or edited. Since my editions are exactly the same, if a use..."

Is the book available as an ebook from any other vendors besides Amazon- BN, Kobo, etc.?

And users are free to review a book as many times as they like, no matter what the edition.

[Caroline]

Hi Cassandra,

No, the ebook is only on amazon. I enrolled in a 90 day ebook exclusive with amazon. There is a print-on-demand paperback version (same edition) available at Ingram and Amazon.

Oh, I didn't know users could review the same book as many times as they liked. Thanks for your reply.

[Cassandra]

Caroline wrote: "Hi Cassandra,

No, the ebook is only on amazon. I enrolled in a 90 day ebook exclusive with amazon. There is a print-on-demand paperback version (same edition) available at Ingram and Amazon.

Oh, ..."

Okay, I can merge the duplicate ebook edition then. Amazon uses an ASIN rather than an ISBN for Kindle editions, so the ISBN ebook edition would only be listed if it had been published/available elsewhere.

I've queued the merge, it may be a little while before you see the duplicate edition disappear.

[Olivia]

Question to the moderator:
Should Netgalley edition be added as a separate edition considering it's a subscription site for forthcoming titles??

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The ISBNs used on NetGalley are usually the same ones that will be used on other sites when the ebook goes on sale.