[done] delete ASIN from a paper book

[Moloch]

this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... is an old edition, published in 1958
the ASIN probably came from Amazon where a used copy of the book was maybe sold
it's clearly not a "Kindle edition" from 1958

I'm not able to simply delete the ASIN anymore. Please help me

thank you

[Miriam]

Unless there is a merge target with the actual ISBN (assuming there is one for this edition), you will need to us the Contact Us form and ask staff to edit.

[Emily]

Can we make a new edition without the ASIN and merge it?

[Miriam]

Emily wrote: "Can we make a new edition without the ASIN and merge it?"

But why do all that work to separate, make a new edition, and recombine vs filling out one form with a link?

[Moloch]

What should I do then? Support is not always great at dealing with librarian stuff, they sometimes bounced me back to this group even for things they should know only they can handle (editing GR Author profiles) (although that used to happen more often in the past, not much so recently)

I don't know if we can suggest to give at least to superlibrarians the ability to edit/delete ISBNs and ASINs, that would speed up things like this maybe.

[☕ Lachgas ♿]

They do handle that Moloch. Took a bit longer than the merge request from the same day but went without back and forth.
I did mention that I can't do it myself anymore in the initial contact message.
(asked them to fix a truncated ISBN with no merge target after I realised not even supers can)

[Moloch]

☕ Lachgas ♿ wrote: "They do handle that Moloch. Took a bit longer than the merge request from the same day but went without back and forth.
I did mention that I can't do it myself anymore in the initial contact messag..."

Ok, I used the Contact form then.

Moloch wrote: "I don't know if we can suggest to give at least to superlibrarians the ability to edit/delete ISBNs and ASINs, that would speed up things like this maybe. "

I put this suggestion in the message as well. Goodreads trusts superlibrarians, I think they could have this ability back. Maybe they don't want to overload them, I don't know.

[Emily]

Miriam wrote: "Emily wrote: "Can we make a new edition without the ASIN and merge it?"

But why do all that work to separate, make a new edition, and recombine vs filling out one form with a link?"

I was just offering to do that in this instance, which I should have been more clear about. I did not mean to imply that more work was preferable.

[Miriam]

Emily wrote: "Miriam wrote: "Emily wrote: "Can we make a new edition without the ASIN and merge it?"

But why do all that work to separate, make a new edition, and recombine vs filling out one form with a link?"..."

Ah ...yeah on case by case basis it makes sense. I was reading that more of a general work around rather than dealing with support.

I've rarely had an issue requesting help through the contact us form, even if it is a "librarian" type issue

[Scott]

They just remind you that you can use the Librarian group.

[Moloch]

They're "looking into this".

[Moloch]

This is still pending

[Dobby]

You could try a follow-up email to the "looking into this" answer with Support. They usually handle these fairly quickly.