Adding Publisher URLs to Books

[Andrew]

I'm new to Goodreads so forgive me if I don't know the correct process.

I'm hoping someone can help me add our publisher URLs to the following books:

ISBN: 9781775101543
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/pr...

ISBN: 978-1-7751015-8-1
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/pr...

ISBN: 978-1-7751015-0-5
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/pr...

ISBN: 978-1-7751015-7-4
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/pr...

Thanks for your help :)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Your request is fine in terms of process. However, those links have no additional content. They are sales links and nothing more, so we would not add them to the official URL fields.

[Andrew]

They do indeed have additional content, including trailers, expanded descriptions and some review links. Further, there are artist interviews and blog content on the site related to these books.

Besides that, I've seen many URLs on Goodreads which are also sales pages, and it's not against the rules cited here: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/....

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Andrew wrote: "and it's not against the rules cited here: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...."

That says, quite clearly:

It may also be an author or publisher's website for the book, if it contains additional information or resources not on Goodreads.

If you have concerns about URLs listed on other books, we can certainly take a look and see if any should be removed.

[Andrew]

What I said was that a sales page is not against the rules, as long as it has additional content which it does.

Regarding your comment on additional content, the website has many pieces of original content, both on the blog page and product pages, which are not on Goodreads and which are related to the authors and the books.

Please add the official URLs, there is nothing in the rules prohibiting this and it is common practice among publishers.

[Andrew]

If not maybe you can do these: they are not sales pages.

ISBN: 9781775101543
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/ta...

ISBN: 978-1-7751015-8-1
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/in...

ISBN: 978-1-7751015-0-5
https://www.blackpanelpress.com/en/cr...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Andrew wrote: "If not maybe you can do these: they are not sales pages."

Nor are they official pages specific to each book. That is, they are content related to the books, but not the books' official pages.

Note that the URL field is not required, and in most cases, is left blank.

[Andrew]

Yes, the books' official pages are also the sales pages. Can't you just add those? There is clearly additional content on them that isn't on Goodreads, just look at them.

Your rules are contradictory. I can't submit a sales page, nor can I submit interviews or other content. What exactly would qualify for an official URL? Given that we're the publisher, all these pages are official.

[lethe]

I looked at the URLs in msg #1. Except for the last one, they all have additional content in the form of trailers and art from the books.

Couldn't those three be added?

[Moloch]

I've always assumed that adding the URL from the publisher's site was also a way to reference the official source used for the info. If the book has an "official page", so to speak, why not adding it?

[Andrew]

rivka wrote: "Andrew wrote: "If not maybe you can do these: they are not sales pages."

Nor are they official pages specific to each book. That is, they are content related to the books, but not the books' offic..."

rivka I would like a response please. Others here acknowledged there is additional content on those pages including trailers and artwork, not to mention longer descriptions. I don't think you should be penalizing sites just because they have sales pages, especially when you have Kobo and Amazon links everywhere.