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message 1: by gem (last edited Mar 20, 2023 11:39AM) (new)

gem | 2620 comments A user posted an unusual "Add new edition" request.

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To summarize, ISBN 2-84634-275-X appears to be linked to two different books.

#1 already in the Goodreads system
The Folio Book of Christmas Crime Stories

#2 Le Crime de l’Orient-Express by Agatha Christie
https://www.abebooks.com/COLLECTION-A...

You can see on this AbeBooks.com search that both versions of the book appear attached to this ISBN.
https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/...

Oddly enough, the Folio book description on GR states "Note: Book Club Edition (no ISBN)" yet it has an ISBN linked...

Anyway, I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. How do I determine if these are the same book but "rebranded"? Both versions claim to be published in 2004 so I can't tell which is the original and which is reprinted. It's weird that one is English and one is French. Are the editions different enough that this qualifies for "Add a Duplicate ISBN Edition"?

Thanks for reading!

edit to add -- I just remembered Superlibrarians can no longer modify ISBNs so I will probably need to elevate to Goodreads Support... and the ISBN page in the Librarian's manual might need an update because it says "Superlibrarians have access to the Add a Duplicate ISBN Edition tool, which should be used on the book page of the existing book which shared the ISBN or ASIN."

Can a Superlibrarian confirm please?


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8726 comments They are surely not the same book. One is a collection that includes Christie among others, and the other book is Murder on the Orient Express.

It is rare but sometimes an ISBN is reused for a completely different work. I am not sure how GR policy deals with such an issue as I've never personally dealt with it.


message 3: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 12834 comments Superlibrarians can create duplicate ISBN editions.

As far as I know, the Folio Society does not publish ISBNs (google Folio Society and ISBN). My guess is that the Amazon listing for the Folio Society book is incorrect and abebooks just copied that.

I tried to create a duplicate ISBN edition, but this also moved the ASIN. I posted a request for support to fix that.


message 4: by gem (new)

gem | 2620 comments Scott -- at first I was positive they weren't the same book, but once I realized Agatha Christie's name was attached to both versions I didn't know what to think!

David wrote: "Superlibrarians can create duplicate ISBN editions.

As far as I know, the Folio Society does not publish ISBNs (google Folio Society and ISBN). My guess is that the Amazon listing for the Folio So..."


Thank you so much for the info and help, David!


message 5: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 12834 comments I'm not sure why, but support undid my change. I'm now discussing this with them.


message 6: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 12834 comments This is now resolved


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