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Policies & Practices > Prolific Works ebooks - new policy to allow them?

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message 1: by Tal (new)

Tal (taliesien) | 1 comments Question about ebooks only available via email sign up @Prolific Works. My last understanding of the policy is that they didn't meet GR standards to be added to the database. I requested one be marked Invalid back at the beginning of Nov and found it odd no one has responded. With the new tool to mark them invalid it's even easier than the old NAB process so I kind of expected a faster turnaround.

I just did a search for "Prolific Works" and basically any requests (adding or nabbing) to do with PW have been ignored since the new book status system launched at the beginning of Oct, and yet some PW ebooks are still getting added to the database by either authors or GR librarians. Has the policy changed?


message 2: by Emily (last edited Dec 19, 2022 11:17AM) (new)

Emily | 17614 comments No policy has changed. People adding new records just don't know the rules and some may be doing so in spite of them.
I am on here a lot and I haven't seen any of those posts that I can recall, just because of the sheer volume added each day. One day is dozens of pages of threads unfortunately.


message 3: by Tal (new)

Tal (taliesien) | 1 comments Emily wrote: "No policy has changed. People adding new records just don't know the rules and some may be doing so in spite of them.
I am on here a lot and I haven't seen any of those posts that I can recall, jus..."


Thanks for the reply. I understand the volume of requests being overwhelming but based on the view count of mine being 60+ I knew it had been seen by many but just ignored for some reason. That coupled with other PW add requests being ignored seemed strange so I thought it best to ask. I'll go mark the one you just did Done, thanks for that. Happy Holidays!


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