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Book & Author Page Issues > Please delete this book! (pt. 55) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians]

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message 51: by Emily (last edited Aug 09, 2019 05:50PM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #59
1. We do not delete valid books even if they are not available. You can add a sentence to the description that it is out of print with a link to the other edition.
2. Marked as not a book. It will take time to disappear. Should it re-import, just post again and we will fix it
3. It is an alternate cover edition. Goodreads does not delete previous covers.

Re #47 I was partway through and called away, my apologies


message 52: by Jayson (last edited Aug 10, 2019 02:13AM) (new)

Jayson (jaysongo) | 64 comments Please delete these eight entries:

(1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(2) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(3) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(4) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(5) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(6) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(7) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(8) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., it is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Each is a English language Kindle edition without an ASIN and, if at all possible, should be merged with the English language Kindle edition listed subsequent to each entry. Despite appearing different, I do not believe the first five are alternate covers, but rather the paperback cover mistakenly purported as Kindle.


message 53: by John (new)

John Stanton | 1 comments Hello,

I posted this in Authors and Book Marketing where a member suggested I post it here...

"My new book, The Best Hamburgers in Hell, appears in the Goodreads search but had no cover image. I tried to add the cover through the author dashboard. Now the book appears twice. How can I get the cover image of my book to show?"

(member) Tal responded:
"Actually that book has three entries so I suggest you post in the GR Librarian's Group where they can combine/merge the duplicate(s) and get the correct book data added, including cover"

Thanks to all


message 54: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
although the note says these are 2 alternate cover editions, the one with the ISBN has... no cover. So it seems useless to me.
The 2005 edition with that ISBN only has that one cover, so please delete the duplicate and move the ISBNs to the one with cover.

re-combine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

thanks


message 55: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31384 comments Polish edition needs merging see Emy's note.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Request from member to end up with the Polish letters in the title :)

Then please recombine with:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...


message 56: by Bozana (new)

Bozana (bozana7) | 404 comments Please delete:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

No ISBN or ASIN etc.

Thank you!


message 57: by lethe (last edited Aug 10, 2019 02:32PM) (new)

lethe | 16359 comments #66 John wrote: "Hello,

I posted this in Authors and Book Marketing where a member suggested I post it here...

"My new book, The Best Hamburgers in Hell, appears in the Goodreads search but had no cover image. I ..."


Hi John, I combined the three editions, added the cover to the paperback and seeing that there also is a Kindle edition up on Amazon, added the info to one of the other editions.

The third, empty, edition has been merged. No superlibrarian necessary.

https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...


message 58: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (Sphere 1987, 12th printing)

I had added the ACE note to the description before seeing that the cover image is exactly the same as the Sphere 1984 edition (1st printing): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

So the only difference between the two is the printing. Please merge the 1987 edition and recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thanks!


message 59: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17453 comments Working through here.


message 60: by Bill (new)

Bill Drake | 2 comments Just coming in to clean up my long-neglected author profile etc - these books show up but are not mine
Almost Hereditary ...
Wear The Crown
Awake With Drake
The Hill
Down In Greece
Pacifica - as coauthor
Lotus Notes - as coauthor
Pray Along World Mission
EMQ January - March
Is this the right place to post a request that they be removed from my authorship? Thank you - Bill Drake (please respond to my email if possible)


message 61: by Emily (last edited Aug 10, 2019 06:01PM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments Bill wrote: "Is this the right place to post a request that they be removed from my authorship? Thank you - Bill Drake (please respond to my email if possible)"

It is not.
Please post in the thread "This book is not mine" and provide a link to each book that is not yours. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

There are 50 books listed on your profile. Are all of them yours except the ones you listed? If not, you may wish to write to Support and have them move you and your books to a new profile, as more wrong books would continue to import to yours otherwise. https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...


message 63: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments default edition has no details
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...


message 64: by Emily (last edited Aug 11, 2019 08:45AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #65 I would need someone else to rule on these before merging books with different covers. I can make ACE notes on them.

#67 done
#68 pending done
#69 done


message 65: by Jayson (last edited Aug 11, 2019 04:51AM) (new)

Jayson (jaysongo) | 64 comments Emily wrote: "#65 I would need someone else to rule on these before merging books with different covers. I can make ACE notes on them."

I patiently await this ruling. All I can say to bolster my position is that Kindle/Comixology graphic novels never have alternate covers, as I'm certain representatives of those services would attest. If there are different covers for the same book concurrently, they're limited to special edition or anniversary printings, which are always explicitly advertised as such in the titles and on the covers, and listed under a different ASIN.


message 66: by Emily (last edited Aug 11, 2019 08:15AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #78 Thank you for those details. Someone will look at it soon.
EDIT:
I think you're right, as investigating this further it appears someone added them all without ASIN and the regular edition was added later. We just have to be extra careful in situations like this.


message 67: by Lynda (new)

Lynda Kelly (lyndakelly) | 155 comments Can you delete this one for me, please, and I'll create an alternative cover edition instead ?
Thanks,
Lynda~
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...


message 68: by Moloch (last edited Aug 11, 2019 12:31PM) (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments no deletion needed, the books have been corrected (see posts #82-83)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I don't know if these 2 are real books: the "author" E. Stranieri doesn't exist: "Scrittori italiani e stranieri" (that is, putting together the supposed title + author of the books) is indeed the name of an imprint by Italian publisher Mondadori (the words mean "Italian and foreign writers" in Italian)

http://catalogostorico.fondazionemond...|||

maybe they should be NABed?



message 69: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments #81 Moloch wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I don't know if these 2 are real b..."


Moloch, if you try the Look Inside function, can you discover which book it is supposed to be?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/046...


message 70: by Moloch (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments thanks for your suggestion! I did, now they are alright. :-)

I'm editing the post 81, the books no longer need to be deleted


message 71: by Paulo (last edited Aug 11, 2019 01:15PM) (new)

Paulo Luz | 2935 comments Please separate and merge this book:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

with this one (correct edition):

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Thanks!


message 72: by Paulo (new)


message 73: by Jeffrey (new)

Jeffrey Robinson (drjarobinson) | 2 comments Hi,... I am a new author (well... new to goodreads) and accidentally created the same book twice on my author pages... (albeit with slightly different spellings)
How do I get a super-librarian to delete the duplicate? I cant seem to do so.
Jeffrey A Robinson - the duplicate is the one without a cover (and title in lower case "deadly vantage")
sorry , still learning here


message 74: by Geneva (new)

Geneva Agnos (genevaa) | 3 comments Life on Loan by Ashley Farley is showing up 3 times, can they please be removed/merged to create one?

Three links:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thank you!


message 75: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments #88 Geneva wrote: "Life on Loan by Ashley Farley is showing up 3 times, can they please be removed/merged to create one?

Three links:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

https..."


They are all different editions, so should not be merged. I have combined them instead.


message 76: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
86: Deletion pending.


Dua (in reading slump) ✨ (amarthiel) | 50 comments Please delete this duplicate:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

This is the proper edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I combined them for you. Thanks in advance!


Dua (in reading slump) ✨ (amarthiel) | 50 comments Please delete this duplicate:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

This is the proper edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I combined them for you. Thanks in advance!


Soobie is expired (soobiemennym) | 30 comments Please merge:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

(No English edition available)

To be recombined with:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thanks!


message 80: by Jenny (new)

Jenny (jennyunderpants) | 668 comments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Please merge into the Kindle edition. It's a magazine (not a book) with no ISBN/ASIN


message 82: by Jenny (new)

Jenny (jennyunderpants) | 668 comments Please merge into the default: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

And NAB ISBN 0792292553 / 9780792292555 (it's a DVD)


message 83: by Emily (last edited Aug 13, 2019 11:03AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments Working through #97
#80 looks like you already made an ACE; next time you can just manually move the ASIN and make it an ACE instead
#84-85 working on done
#87 has been done
#91-97 done

When convenient, I would like someone else's opinion about #65/78-79


message 84: by Mladen (new)

Mladen Trpčevski (mladen-trpcevski) | 49 comments My request (#6) was supposed to be merged by now (see #11), but a week later it still isn't. Is that even possible? If necessary, please retry the merge.


message 85: by Emily (last edited Aug 13, 2019 06:16AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #99 done, sorry about that, please recombine as I am not sure what it goes with. Next time just link to the one that needs merging


message 87: by Emily (last edited Aug 13, 2019 06:55AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #101 This is not a valid link
#102 Merging done


message 88: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra (cassanj) | 4919 comments Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... and recombine.


message 89: by Anthony (new)

Anthony Jones | 46 comments please delete the following book from my author page as it is NOT mine,, thank you

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...


message 90: by Emily (last edited Aug 13, 2019 10:17AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments Anthony, please post in the "This book is not mine" thread. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If this is happening too often you can ask Support to move you to a different profile.
ETA
I see you have posted in the right place.


message 91: by Emily (last edited Aug 13, 2019 11:12AM) (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #104 pending
#107 marking as not a book


message 92: by Emily (new)

Emily | 17453 comments #109 marked as not a book


message 94: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Re 111: Deletion pending.


message 95: by Gretel (new)

Gretel (gretelrot) | 76 comments Please delete this book (which also has several mistakes in the entry): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Both the German and English version already have an entry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I couldn't delete it myself because it says I can't delete books with reviews, despite this one not having any.


message 96: by Liz (new)

Liz Hedgecock (lizhedgecock) | 42 comments Hi, please can you delete https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
(no idea where it's come from)

This is the version I would like to stay, with the pink cover:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Many thanks!
Liz


message 98: by Moloch (last edited Aug 14, 2019 05:01AM) (new)

Moloch | 3975 comments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

the link above is a duplicate, there are 2 options for the merge: it has the same cover as https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... (only with a lot more of white background) but same year as https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
the title is the same, only it's written in the Greek alphabet in the right ones and transliterared with the Latin alphabet in the duplicate

I have removed the ISBN 8883061861 that was for a totally different edition (the Italian one)

thanks


message 99: by Paulo (new)

Paulo Luz | 2935 comments Please separate and merge:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

with same book (9724205282):

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thanks!


message 100: by Bivek (new)


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