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Hi! As per Goodreads' catalog policies (https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...), this book cannot be added as of the present moment:Goodreads considers the following to be valid book records: [...] forthcoming books with only partial information. This does not including rumored or unconfirmed releases, which should not be added to the catalog even if the publisher hints at a new release [...]
Diogo wrote: "Hi! As per Goodreads' catalog policies (https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...), this book cannot be added as of the present moment:Goodreads considers the follo..."
Hey, thanks for responding. Per what you quoted, "forthcoming books with only partial information" are considered books by Goodreads. The book I'm requesting be added has been confirmed by the translator as forthcoming (per the source I linked in my original post, which is from the translator's website) and is not merely rumored or hinted at, and so it can be added.
As per what the other librarian said, you may have to contact goodreads directly: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...
Bianca ღ wrote: "As per what the other librarian said, you may have to contact goodreads directly: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta..."Oh, I'll just post in the Policies & Practices folder instead. :)
Jennifer wrote: "Bump"There has been a change of rules about adding books with incomplete information, but I can't find the posts ATM - or anything in the manual.
Here is a post about a very well known author's book with incomplete information.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
@Jaclyn or other librarians can you weigh in with a link please.
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Bump"There has been a change of rules about adding books with incomplete information, but I can't find the posts ATM - or anything in the manual.
Here is a post about a very wel..."
Thanks! I edited the title like in that other thread to make sure she sees it.
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Jennifer added the Manual link at the top of that discussion. 😊
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(Important: do not combine with other editions of Dumas's "The Man in the Iron Mask," they are not the same! This should be a standalone record)
* Author(s) name(s): Alexandre Dumas (author), Lawrence Ellsworth (Translator, Editor)
* Original language: French
* Original title: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard
* Language: English
* ISBN (or ASIN): n/a
* Publisher: unknown
* Publication date: unknown
* Format: ebook
* Page count: unknown
* Description: Volume five of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne.
* Book 9 in this series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3721...
* Cover not available
Source: https://swashbucklingadventure.net/th...