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message 1: by Waldo (new)

Waldo Varjak | 37 comments Why can this book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... not be referenced by its Author "D. H. Buchanan" or by its Title "At The Market" or its c.1967 ISBN 070624941 ?

It needs to be fixed.


message 2: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12231 comments As I see all those data listed on the page, could you be more specific about the issue?


message 3: by Waldo (new)

Waldo Varjak | 37 comments Search for the book by any of its criteria for search.

The link is provided only as a reference. It is not the complaint.


message 4: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 897 comments i found it searching At the market buchanan - but it was about 9 books down the list...

the GR search and its general horrible-ness is well known and now something that a GR librarian can fix


message 5: by Waldo (new)

Waldo Varjak | 37 comments I LOOK 10 PAGES INTO Search:
https://www.goodreads.com/search?page...

NOT FOUND.
Not found by ISBN.
Not found in author's book listing.

When trying to add book/author in comments.
No to Book.
Author comes up D.H. Buchanan

The listing for the author is partial I believe. There appear to be two D.H. Buchanan.


message 6: by Waldo (new)

Waldo Varjak | 37 comments Probably right. This is a lost cause.


message 7: by Ayshe (last edited Oct 20, 2019 08:30PM) (new)

Ayshe | 3084 comments As ISBN10 should be 10 digits, I pre-fixed it with 0 ("the 9-digit SBN code can be converted to a 10-digit ISBN by prefixing it with a zero digit '0': https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter...) and it appears in the search for 0070624941. It also comes up in the add book/author in comments for me (if I search for D.H. Buchanan only, it's in the 2nd set of results): At the Market


message 8: by Waldo (new)

Waldo Varjak | 37 comments Ayshe wrote: "As ISBN10 should be 10 digits, I pre-fixed it with 0 ("the 9-digit SBN code can be converted to a 10-digit ISBN by prefixing it with a zero digit '0': https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter......"

Excellent. Thank you for that. I have also now learnt about the 0 pre-fix, and I am grateful for that as well. Thank you.


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