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Please. It is really very easy: Write 'Scott' press space bar 3 times, write 'Alexander'. Do you need help?
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/..."Goodreads considers the following to be valid book records:
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short stories published online (the format should be "ebook") "
Also a good deal of those stories has been collected by Scott Alexander's fans and made into to epub with his permission. See for instance:https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcod...
https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcod...
https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcod...
Do you have a link to "valid publishers"?BTW is discussion is on Reddit. Reddit is not the publisher.
I have been reading that section of the Librarian Manual again. As far as I understand"short stories published online (the format should be "ebook")" are valid record (https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...)
provided that they are not part of Magazines or only published in an anthology or magazine (https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...)
If I am wrong, please post the link so I can learn.
Are any of these valid?These print versions:
https://imgur.com/gallery/fnJtRa0
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WFmDF...
https://unsongbook.com/
I think a lot of the older story were published on archive of our own and fanfiction.net (and possibly also Wattpad). I do not have the links. Please do not deleted the existing stories.
So what would it take for me to be able to review the new stories on Goodreads?
But why?What do you or Goodreads gain by doing that?
As a user I want to be able to post links to stories and recommend them to other users. I want to keep track of what I have read so I can find them again many years into the future. Why do Goodreads want to prevent that?
Corinne wrote: "there are other sites that let you add individual stories "
So you are seriously suggesting that the solution is to go somewhere else? That does not sound like taking care of users.
Unsong is also here as print:https://www.lulu.com/shop/scott-alexa...
Please add this version, so it does not get deleted.
J_BlueFlower wrote: "So you are seriously suggesting that the solution is to go somewhere else? That does not sound like taking care of users."You would need to address the specific issues with Goodreads. Librarians do not have input into those policies.
She was just offering you an alternative that she is aware of, as a courtesy.
As Corinne mentioned we would be happy to add books from Amazon, Lulu, etc.
Just in case anyone else is reading this tread and worry about having their review deleted because Goodreads do not like short stories: You can export your books hereto keep a record locally:
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...
Yes, I noticed that short stories are to be marked “invalid” not deleted. BUT that is only for those published in a magasine.
Does "can" mean it is impossible or it is not policy?Since the end of 2022 about 2000 pages has gone missing from my 2022-stat (this one: https://www.goodreads.com/review/stat... ). So either some librarians still delete book records or this is very new.
2021 used to be the year I had read most pages in. Now it has dropped below 2019. It is so annoying.
Is there a way I can see what I have read that is "invalid"?
I found one at random:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
This used to be a 16 page short story. It has now become a 1 page audiobook - and invalid.
Found one more:NOT A BOOK by Jorge Luis Borges
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
(actually I would love to read a story by Borges called 'Not a Book')
J_BlueFlower wrote: "Found one more:NOT A BOOK by Jorge Luis Borges
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
(actually I would love to read a story by Borges called 'Not a Book')"
Unfortunately unless it has been published on its own outside of the magazine, it doesn't count, and being read on a podcast doesn't qualify. It has to have a "book" version (published on its own) before appearing within a podcast.
That's why the policy says
"podcasts of books" with "books" in bold print
Corinne's example above is the best one.
J_BlueFlower wrote: "I found one at random:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
This used to be a 16 page short story. It has now become a 1 page audiobook - and invalid."
The only thing I can find is that it is part of a magazine called Cast of Wonders, and was read on their podcast.
Yes, I understand it was not published separately. The question was if there is a way I can see what I have read that is "invalid"? I was just looking for examples.I have also tagged one of them as "invalid" and that works fine.
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* Title Idol Words
* Author(s) name(s) Scott Alexander
this one with three spaces:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
there is more than one
* ISBN (or ASIN)
* Publisher
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p...
* Publication date Mar 30, 2022
* Format online/ebook
* Page count 16
* Description
with apologies to Raymond Smullyan and the rest of the omniscient idol riddle tradition
4659 words
Url: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p...