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message 1: by Neyjour (new)

Neyjour | 126 comments Is anyone else experiencing problems with adding a book to a series?

I added a new book to the GR database and waited past 10 minutes, but the "Add Book to Series" search would not pull up the book either by title, series, or author name...

The book in question was a novella with no isbn, ASIN, etc., so what I had to do was temporarily add a bogus isbn. The search immediately pulled up the book by the isbn number, I added it to the series, and then deleted the isbn.


message 2: by Olivia (new)

Olivia (livka) | 7926 comments Hi Neyjour,
just a reminder that books that are only available via subscription to author's newsletter are not considered valid book listing on Goodreads.

Also, anthologies should not be listed as a series. You can create a Listopia list for them if you wish.

Please refer to Librarian Manual for detailed policies.


message 3: by Neyjour (new)

Neyjour | 126 comments Thanks for the info Olivia, and I'm very sorry about the mistakes I made. :(

Is that why the search wouldn't pull the book up, because it had no isbn, ASIN, etc?


message 4: by Olivia (new)

Olivia (livka) | 7926 comments The search is quite moody these days, not only when adding to the series, but also a general search function.
It usually takes 5-7 days for the newly added book to come up in searches by title, author etc.
As you've noticed it works fine for ISBN or ASIN search.


message 5: by Neyjour (new)

Neyjour | 126 comments Okay, thanks. :)


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