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Merged duplicates. As for your commentM.R. wrote: "Ideally, I would like it deleted. It's not the ebook edition distributed to any major retailers. The official ebook edition has no ISBN, just the identifier as provided by each retailer. (i.e. http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Possessor-... [no ISBN on record])."
That makes no sense to me, there's a Smashwords sale page with the ISBN13 9781311032027. So the ebook edition will have that ISBN attached. I have added the kindle edition here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Is that what you meant? Anyway, you can set whatever edition you'd like as default by following these instructions:
https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/3...
On a related note, I started a series page for you here:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1415...
You have a pretty non-standard series numbering convention, and I had to do what I could to adjust it to Goodreads standards. Because The Dark Possessor Saga is an anthology of two books previously published independently, its numbering is "#1-2". I'd like to add the other volumes/books to the series page as well, but I'm not clear on how many have been published. Also, how do these fit into the series?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Ok, I think I'm more or less following this.It's very important that books with the same content are combined together. I know that several things have evolved/changed titles, but I want to confirm that the right books are combined together according to Goodreads policy. Please also keep in mind that whether or not a book is available currently doesn't really matter in terms of what goes into the Goodreads database. We keep a record of everything, including out-of-print works. There's no way to "unpublish" a book once it's on this site.
For IotL, why should the blue and red cover editions NOT be combined together?
And for all works with a 1.1, pt. 1, and Initiation of the Lost (blue cover), do they all contain the same content, regardless of cover/title? Are they the same parts of the serialized work? Or are the divvied up differently?
Same question for the all works with a 1.2 or pt. 2, and all editions of Game of Protocols.
As for primary/default editions, once we have everything combined together accurately, you will have to set the default edition (librarians cannot do it for you).
You also mention that there was a 4-part serialization -- are these serializations on GOodreads? Which editions are they?
For series numbering, I think I need to tweak it. I want to change Dark Possessor to #1 (right now, it's #1-2 because it's an omnibus of IotL and GoP, which are numbered #1 and #2, resp.). However, that leaves me not quite sure how to number the remaining serializations. Do you want to stick with 1.1 and 1.2? I can only do that IF all the 1.1/pt. 1s are from IDENTICAL serializations (i.e., they're all editions of the 2-part serialization). Otherwise, I need to come up with a different numbering scheme and/or a separate series page just for the sub-numbering.
I don't think 3 series page are needed. At most, 2 is needed, but I think we can do just 1.Here is your series page with an explanatory note:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1415...
Please doublecheck what I've combined. I think I got it right, but if not, let me know. If I did everything right, you should arrange primaries to your heart's content :)
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I reassigned all listed works to the correct M.R.^^^Adams.
However, I may need a more experienced librarian to help with you initial inquiry. I reassigned to the correct author and corrected the publisher to Triple Helix Books. I also combined all appropriate editions. It does look like ISBN 0615961428 non-cover copy is a duplicate and should be deleted, but I am unable to do so. The Amazon link was to a Kindle edition which is not on GR. I do not know what to do about the inaccurate ISBN on the ebook.