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Please delete this book! (pt. 30) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians]
[From pt. 29, comment 956]DUPLICATE EDITIONS
These two "editions" are the same Kindle version of the same state of the same book--one identified by its ASIN, the other by its ISBN-13. Both the ASIN and the ISBN are correct, but they should both be attached to the same edition. (I did read the instructions, tried to separate, merge, re-combine, but nothing happened when separate was attempted.)
REMOVE:
Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint
(Kindle Edition)
ASIN: B009VNGD9E
goodreads: 20432167-sweating-bullets
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
RETAIN:
Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint
(Kindle Edition)
ISBN: 098514243X (ISBN13: 9780985142438)
goodreads: 18590545-sweating-bullets
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
RESULT: This book will have 5 editions: Hardcover, web pdf, Paperback, Kindle, and ebook (ePub), with 5 sequential ISBN numbers. (Now it shows 6 editions, with two of them the same Kindle edition, one with no ISBN but only an ASIN.)
SUPPORT: Search http://www.amazon.com for "9780985142438" and then for "B009VNGD9E".
The two searches return the same unique search result, the (only-ever) Kindle publication of this book.
[From pt. 29, comment 976]
re 958,
Z-squared wrote: "re 956, will your ebook be available from any retailer with the kindle ISBN 9780985142438 attached?"
Every Kindle file ever sold by any retailer has been identified as ISBN13: 9780985142438 (ISBN10: 098514243X), and the "location" immediately after the title in the Kindle file has always contained that number visibly in its fullest form:
"International Standard Book Number: 978-0-9851424-3-8 (ebook Kindle)"
--Robert Gaskins. Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint (Kindle Location 13).
A product search on Amazon.com for [9780985142438] correctly returns a single result, which is this Kindle edition.
At least two other retailers list the Kindle ebook under its proper ISBN:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Sweating...
http://www.general-ebooks.com/book/78...
The LC lists the correct Kindle ISBNs, but not as held by the LC (they hold the Hardcover and Paperback).
http://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdings...
Open Library lists the correct Kindle ISBNs, and has the correct count of 5 editions total:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25444...
When my request is carried out, then Goodreads will list the same 5 editions.
Thanks,
Robert Gaskins
It is a database limitation that affects every book that has a kindle asin and an isbn. There is no way to attach both to a single record, so for GR purposes they are, and must remain, extra ebook editions.ETA: If we removed the ASIN edition, the "get a book" links will not work correctly for amazon. If we remove the isbn edition, the "get a book" links will not work correctly for any other retailer. GR users are quite au fait with how to use the system correctly, it's really nothing to worry about (and it really is the case for every book out there, you aren't being singled out or ignored, honest.)
4 Merged. But the search for the ISBN is not an issue for this thread.5 There was an ASIN removed from that book. I reverted that.
Renske wrote: "5 There was an ASIN removed from that book. I reverted that."It's the ASIN of the pre-order which has been cancelled before publication. (FB)
Thank you for that information. (It would be useful if people add a change comment when making such edits)Merge is pending.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... short story not published on it's own. I combined with anthology
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
both duplicates, no isbn
please recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Hello. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...is a duplicate of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Please recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Thank you.
Please merge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thanks
Hello there! I need a super librarian to delete this book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I merged it with the other same edition (which is more complete and have the ISBN13) to try to delete it, but I since I'm not a super librarian, I can't do it.
Thanks for your help!
Please merge these entries:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thanks.
Should these be merged or combined?https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Or these ones?
https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
21 done22 Only if there is any information that the book is only available as Kindle and not as other ebook they should be combined not merged.
23 done
I think this book The Aeronauts A Dramatic History of the Great Age of should be merge with this book The Aeronauts: A Dramatic History of the Great Age of Ballooning (both have no ISBN)then combine with this https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...
Hello,Please delete this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Reason: This book is a conversation made with Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Göle by Ayşe Çavdar. The book's author is listed as Nilüfer Göle by publication house and booksellers. This is the real edition: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Please delete these books:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
They are duplicates of books of this series:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1450...
Thank you!
Someone got 26Got 27
Got 28 - only one needed deleting, the others required combining
Please delete this book. It's not even a book, it's a completely made up addition:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thank you!
These two ought to be merged:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The latter has no ISBN, but has the same publishing date and number of pages as the first one. Both are paperbacks.
Please merge:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
and re-combine to:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... no info, found right book and combined with default
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... no such book but I don't know what to combine with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... no such book but I don't know what to combine with
These two also ought to be merged (one lacks the ISBN):https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Could a super librarian please go in and remove the Incorrect copy or combine into the correct kindle copy?Thank You so much for any help
Correct copy - 11/13/2014
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Incorrect copy - 6/9/2013
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
got 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40Please remember to separate out editions to be merged
Could someone please go in and remove the Incorrect copy or combine into the correct kindle copy?so that there is only 1 kindle edition showing .
Thank You so much for any help
Correct copy - this one has the correct ISBN
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Incorrect copy - please remove
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Book Nook wrote: "Could someone please go in and remove the Incorrect copy or combine into the correct kindle copy?so that there is only 1 kindle edition showing .
Thank You so much for any help
Your links go to the same book, all the editions are correct for that title
Correct copy -..."
Paula wrote: "Book Nook wrote: "Could someone please go in and remove the Incorrect copy or combine into the correct kindle copy?so that there is only 1 kindle edition showing .
Thank You so much for any hel..."
Thanks :)
A Matter of Time Book 4 Kindle Edition has the wrong ASIN#.This edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/8...
has the wrong ASIN #
This edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/2...
has the correct ASIN #.
Could you please add the correct ASIN # B004NBZGTC to the edition that was edited by the librarian and delete the other edition please. There were only ever 2 editions published by Club Lighthouse, 1 Kindle edition and 1 ebook. No other editions were published therefore the out of print books listed on Good Reads by Club Lighthouse should only be 2 editions of each of the Club Lighthouse editions. There is no record of this #: B0030TY1KS, but there is a record of this one: B004NBZGTC.
Thank you.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...duplicate, no isbn
please recombine with https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The first one needs to be merged with the second:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Book Nook wrote: "Could someone please go in and remove the Incorrect copy or combine into the correct kindle copy?so that there is only 1 kindle edition showing .
Thank You so much for any help
Correct copy -..."
Both ASINs appear in an Amazon search which indicates that have been at sometime been on Amazon for sale
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...This one has an invalid ISBN because:
1. The language is Swedish, but the ISBN code for Sweden is 91 (and 616 should be Thailand (?!))
2. The ISBN Converter says it's invalid
3. It can't be found on Google
I suggest it be added to this one, because they share the publishing year:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
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