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Please merge the Webtoon with the print edition
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Hi, this request stills needs to be addressed.
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An in-process webtoon is not a book by Goodreads standards. The print book versions are fine. So the two webtoon versions (whether they match the content of the print books entirely or merely overlap) should be merged into the print versions.
rivka wrote: "Possibly because your first link goes to the wrong book.Hi, Rivka. I just edited the link, I have no idea why the link changed, that's odd, I remember double-checking before posting this, but nevermind. Please check it again.
rivka wrote: "An in-process webtoon is not a book by Goodreads standards. The print book versions are fine. So the two webtoon versions (whether they mat..."
Got it. That's the same thing I read in the manual. As I mentioned before, those two editions of the webtoon cited here are not printed nor ebook editions of the Webtoon in English. It was never released in English in other format apart from the Webtoon in Lezhin's website.
Now, I just found that for the first time there will be a print edition in English (here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...), so, if my understanding is not wrong, the best thing would be to merge the webtoon editions in English with this print edition in English, right?
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Hi, seems like this request is still unfinished. Thanks 😁
Merge pending.(Added 'super pending' to your title might give people the impression an other librarian is already working on the issue)
Renske wrote: "Merge pending.(Added 'super pending' to your title might give people the impression an other librarian is already working on the issue)"
Thanks. Not quite what I meant! I wanted to say that a Super was required because the request was pending. Note appreciated!
I found this edition [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...] combined with other editions. I think it *should* be separated because this book record is for the entire season 1 of the online-issued webcomic, but it's combined with the printed Volume 1 of Season 1. The volumes are just a fragment of the season, so I don't think they should go together as the content is not the same (?), each of the volumes contain only around 5 chapters of the season.
NOW. Looking into the other editions to get more information about the volumes, I found this edition that is also combined in the same work [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...], the thing is that this edition DOES NOT EXIST.
I looked it up, this work was indeed published in English, but only as a webcomic on the platform Lezhin. This work was never physically published in English in this manga volume format/edition (although, I checked and an English edition will be released soon, which is already in the GR catalogue). Also, one can conclude that it is another book record for the season 1, as in the description you can see that it indicates it contains chapters 1 to 19, which is the amount of chapters of season 1.
So, the conclusion is that it was created kind of as a duplicate of the first edition I mentioned above (the entire season 1), and due to the fact that there is no cover for the webcomic version, the creator simply uploaded the cover for the Volume 1 in Italian (if you look carefully in the cover of this edition, you can see the name of the Italian publisher, J-Pop).
Summing up, both of the editions mentioned here are to the same edition: the webcomic. And as webcomics are not allowed in the website, those editions should be removed.
So, taking that into account, what should be done? Should they be separated? Should they be NABed? Deleted? Merged with another edition? Thanks!
[EDIT: as stated below by a Librarian, the Webtoon editions in English should be merged with the soon-to-be published print edition in English, as it's the best merge target. Link here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...]