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Are you able to delete the entry Field of Dreams by Phil Alden Robinson which is a dvd entry not a book.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Are you able to delete the entry Field of Dreams by Phil Alden Robinson which is a dvd entry not a book."I didn't delete it but did add a librarian note questioning it, so hopefully someone with greater powers will take care of it.
Only a super-librarian can delete an entry. I posted it on the appropriate board, so an authorized person can deal with it ;)
B the BookAddict wrote: "Are you able to delete the entry Field of Dreams by Phil Alden Robinson which is a dvd entry not a book."We don't delete because anything with an ISBN will just automatically return to the database. I see that someone has noted it as "NOT A BOOK" under author. I'll edit it a bit more to make it clearer.
I am a super-librarian and I'm often happy to help if I see a post in this thread and I can help. I'm also happy to take private messages with requests, though if I'm busy I often ask people to post in the GR Librarians group. Also, I used to be an extremely active librarian but haven't been for 3-1/2 years or so, and I don't know as much as I did. I'll do librarian work only when I'm 100% confident I know what I'm doing. Every so often I come across a request that I think can be better addressed by the group or another librarian.
Lisa wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Are you able to delete the entry Field of Dreams by Phil Alden Robinson which is a dvd entry not a book."We don't delete because anything..."
Do DVDs really have International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN)?? That is just wrong.
Do DVDs really have International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN)?? That is just wrong."Everything does. You wouldn't believe it. I probably should make the entire title NOT A BOOK so it won't pop up when people search for the F of D book. Art supplies, dolls, blank notebooks, board games, and so many other surprising things.
Lisa wrote: "Do DVDs really have International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN)?? That is just wrong."Everything does. You wouldn't believe it. I probably should make the entire title NOT A BOOK so it won't pop u..."
So will all that miscellaneous #x!& end up here on GR then? If you don't ever delete things that have an ISBN, how can GR prevent it?
Thanks very much for your help and information, Lisa.I had seen ISBNs on board games and the like but not understood that meant it would pop up on GR.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Thanks very much for your help and information, Lisa.I had seen ISBNs on board games and the like but not understood that meant it would pop up on GR."
B., Every single thing used to be on GR. They've done something over the last several years to keep some of those non-books of the site, but many are still here and need to be in the database as NOT A BOOK, especially for the author but in the "title" too.
When I was a very active librarian most of my time was spent combining book editions, adding covers, and marking items as NOT A BOOK. I did other things too but those alone were like a half time job.
Another error, lovely librarians.Auhor Elizabeth Gaskell also appears as Elizabeth Gaskell-Gleghorn; linked to an edition of North and South. See https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
B the BookAddict wrote: "Another error, lovely librarians.Auhor Elizabeth Gaskell also appears as Elizabeth Gaskell-Gleghorn; linked to an edition of North and South. See ..."
Fixed author and combined that book with other editions of North and South.
I hope others will reply also, but I think it's like Iain Banks and Iain M. Banks having books listed separately, with him using the M. for when he writes science fiction.
Gill, later on, I checked how it was originally published and apparently it is correct as Joanne M Harris. I thought I had deleted by question but obviously did not. Thanks for your reply:)
I am currently reading Heart Mountain, but the edition I have which is an ebook which is to be published 2/21 by Open Road Media is not on Goodreads . It is listed on Amazon. I'm not sure how to add the edition I'm reading. Can someone help ?Thanks .
I've added it now, Angela. (I've got it to read soon as well.)
Gill , thanks ! Just going to start it tonight. Hope it's good .
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Now that was an easy request to satisfy, Greg!
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Thanks Gill! :)
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Can one of you add the length when you get a chance? Thanks!
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Thanks again Gill! :)
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When you have time, Wine from These Grapes is missing the number of pages too! It should be 91 pages.
Thanks!
Greg wrote: "Oh goodness, sorry for being such a nuisance, but there's one more! This is what I get for reading all these Millay books from the 20's & 30's that have been out of print a while. When you have t..."
I've added the number of pages and the language. Is it a hardcover like written in the description? There was the asin in the isbn field and I took it away.
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Yes dely, it's a hardcover. And thanks!! :)
For the kindle edition of A Coven of Witches, the number of pages is missing.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
ASIN
B00570QTM6
According to amazon it should have 245 pages: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Apprentic...
Could a librarian please update the pages?
Myst wrote: "For the kindle edition of A Coven of Witches, the number of pages is missing.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
ASIN
B00570QTM6
According to amazon i..."
Done.
Greg wrote: "Yes dely, it's a hardcover. And thanks!! :) "You're welcome. It seems someone added by mistake the asin instead of adding a new edition. If it has a isbn tell me, so I can add it.
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You're welcome. It seems someone added by mistake the asin instead of adding a new edition. If it has a isbn tell me, so I can add it."
I'll check if it has an isbn when I get home dely. I really appreciate your and Gill's help with these! When there's no number of pages it messes up the progress display, which bothers me way more than it should. ;)
Greg wrote: "When there's no number of pages it messes up the progress display, which bothers me way more than it should. ;)"Lol, you are not the only nitpicker :D Without number of pages it also won't count for your stats so they are messed up too.
Could a librarian please add the pages to the following book? 234 pages according to amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Blood...Only Vampires Cry Blood
Myst wrote: "Could a librarian please add the pages to the following book? 234 pages according to amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Blood......"Done. I added also some other missing details. Couldn't add the Asin because it's already taken by another edition with a different cover.
Susan wrote: "Could a kind person please add Lesley Milne as "editor" to the details of Six Plays?Thank you!"
Done.
I just finished Ginny Moon and noticed that there are two entries for this . The other is Ginny Moon. Should these be combined ?
Angela M wrote: "I just finished Ginny Moon and noticed that there are two entries for this . The other is Ginny Moon. Should these be combined ?"Combined them.
Would somebody help me fix something here at GR?Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker and Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker are in fact the same book!!!
Could someone help me put them as one book here on GR?
Chrissie wrote: "Would somebody help me fix something here at GR?Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker and Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker are in fact the same book!!..."
I have combined them. Now it should be ok.
Would somebody help me connect these two books:James Baldwin
James Baldwin: A Biography
They are the same!
Thank you.
Chrissie
Just curious, how does data for characters in a book or setting get into a books information? Some books in a series have the information, others in the same series don't.Kiss of Midnight tells you the characters and setting.
Meanwhile Stroke of Midnight for example shows the character/s, but it doesn't tell you the setting is Morocco.
If I try to edit the details, I'm asked if it's fiction or not, genre, subject, pace etc.
Myst wrote: "Just curious, how does data for characters in a book or setting get into a books information? Some books in a series have the information, others in the same series don't.[book:Kiss of Midnight|7..."
If you go in "edit details", on the bottom, under "language", you see "Work settings" where you can add literary awards, characters, series and then also book settings.
Chrissie wrote: "Would somebody help me connect these two books:James Baldwin
James Baldwin: A Biography
They are the same!
Thank you.
Chrissie"
It has already been done by someone else.
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There's also written that this is a reproduction so I really don't know what to do.