How to Create and Add a Book [an old one]

[Karen]

I find som easpects of good reads frutrating. It seems geared toward only what is being published right now. When I type in a title that I have read I end up "creating" a book with little information and of course no jacket.
For instance Fred Gipson not only wrote "Old Yeller" he wrote a cool book called "Recollection Creek". Not to be found, not recognized. Ditto for the classic "All Dogs Go To Heaven" by Beth Brown.
I could probably find them on alibris.com but not on any of the "import" sites that good reads uses. This makes me crazy. Anyone else solved this?

[Lisa]

Hi Karen,

This isn't really the group to post this.

The two groups that can better respond are the Feedback group

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...

and the Librarians group

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/2...

I will say that it's true we sometimes need to manually add old books. I've added several that weren't in the system.

Most books are automatically added via Amazon and so some old books have to be manually entered. At this point, the vast majority of old books are in the system.

When manually adding a book, it's great if you have the book right there. Then, you can scan the cover and add it, and put in full information for the book: library of congress catalog number, publisher, binding type, etc. etc. etc.

If you have any other information for

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69...

please add it. You can also request the librarians in the librarians group to add it.

All Dogs Go to Heaven is in the system. I combined then deleted the copy with 0 ratings and no information.

Most old books are here.

Please ask for any help or express your concerns in the Feedback or LIbrarians group.

Thanks so much.

[rivka]

Lisa wrote: "At this point, the vast majority of old books are in the system."

Given the vast number of such books, including small press printings and other limited editions, I doubt that is true. However, enough are in that one should certainly check to see if yours is BEFORE adding it.

[Lisa]

I moved this thread from UNSOLVED to the Just to Chat folder. The UNSOLVED folder is for members who are looking for specific books - they remember some details but not title/author.

Rivka, Good point. I know manually adding books is often necessary.

Karen, Any member can add books if they're not in the system, which is one of the things I love about Goodreads.

Members of the Librarians group are helpful and will try to help add additional book information for books with incomplete records.

Also, a bit of research will often find the correct cover and other details.