Question regarding weird audiobook release

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So Jamie Stewart, frontman of the band Xiu Xiu, is publishing a memoir next month. Previously, an audiobook version of the memoir has been self-published via Bandcamp. The audiobook didn't have any ISBN number or ASIN, and it's since been deleted from Bandcamp (although it can still be viewed via the Internet Archive).

As such, should the Goodreads page for the audiobook release be deleted, or should it simply be cleaned up to have the proper information?

Another potential issue is that while the memoir is just one book, the audiobook release was split into three albums on the Bandcamp page.

I'm working on typing up a thread to clean up the Goodreads pages for the book's editions before the release and will add to it any information from this thread on how to handle the audiobook.

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Corinne wrote: "For an audiobook to be valid (one without proper identifiers) it has to be an audio of a "book". It doesn't sound like this audiobook was a valid entry nor would it be, since it's not 1:1.

If the..."

I guess they're retroactively recordings of a book, if that counts for anything.

The three albums that make up the audiobook were released for digital purchase on the same day, but not as any kind of bundle or anything. Just three separate albums on bandcamp.

I get the sense that this adds up to "the audiobook edition should be deleted from Goodreads". Will link the edition if needed.

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Corinne wrote: "We would mark it INVALID (vs. delete) so people who have it shelved wouldn't lose their record. They could then migrate to the valid record if they choose to."

Alright. I'm guessing this is a superlibrarian duty, but in case it isn't: here's a link to the audiobook version. Anything That Moves

Does marking it as invalid remove the Original Publication Date from the other editions?

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Corinne wrote: "It would be nice if the audibook gave more information about what it is but it's combined with books and it looks to be 1:1 with the books. So it doesn't look invalid."

Understood. In that case, is it alright if I post information pulled from the archived Bandcamp pages so that a librarian can clean it up and make it look a little neater? Publication date, description, maybe grab the original album art from the Bandcamp page so it isn't using a pre-release version of the book cover?

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Corinne wrote: "We don't want to remove anything like the cover from that edition. It's been on here since 2020. Adding some info like where it came from would be wise.

if the new audiobook is a 1:1 with them, t..."

The physical edition of the book wasn't announced until 2022 and the cover art on that edition is specifically a pre-release version of the physical edition's cover art (the ampersand in the diamond is the publisher's logo), so I think it had to have been added to the page some time after the page was created. If it's not going to be changed to cover art from the Bandcamp releases, I think it should at least be changed to the current cover art.

Also, there currently is no new audiobook being released.

Information that I've pulled from the archived Bandcamp pages:

Release Date/Original Publication Date: November 6, 2020

Description:

A memoir of sexual misbehavior, abuse and no redemption. The stories are mostly funny but also depressing. They are in no way erotic.

For the love of God if we are related DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS
If we have seen each other naked and you are not in this book, you are welcome.

THIS IS FOR PEOPLE 18 YEARS AND UP.
IT CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT
AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ABUSE.

Cover art (including all three albums' art for the sake of thoroughness):
https://web.archive.org/web/202012052...
https://web.archive.org/web/202012051...
https://web.archive.org/web/202012070...

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I can confirm that the hardcover, Kindle, and ebook editions are correct. I started a thread in the Projects folder the same day I started this one to clean up all the editions, and a librarian by the name of Gem did so.

I think I might have been unclear in my description of the cover art - I meant that it was the pre-release cover for the hardcover/Kindle/ebook editions, not for the audiobook edition. Since it has nothing to do with specifically the audiobook edition, that's why I suggested it should be changed.

A reverse Google image search for that image mostly turns up the pages for various online booksellers, but when you click the thumbnails or visit those websites, they've been updated to have the current cover art that you see on the HC/Kindle/ebook editions. Kirkus Reviews and some odd ebay listings are some of the only sites still using the alternate cover art that's still on the audiobook. Reverse image search results page if you want to take a look: https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sim...

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Corinne wrote: "so no version of the audiobook ever had that cover, as pre or post release? That cover is all about the book/memoir and someone incorrectly added it to the audibook [prob because it was naked;] ?"

Yep, exactly that.