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Thanks for the tip.I haven't added any books for a while now - does putting up your review ASAP help at all?
Javier, this is a VERY interesting idea. The next time I add books to the GR catalog, I will try this tip. My fingers are crossed!
Also, I want to read "The Great Test Book", which is mentioned at the top of this thread (in "This post is about..."). Testy McTesterson must be a good author, because they have so many followers. LOL!
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I've been doing an experiment since last week: right after creating an entry, I mark it as Invalid, then set it back to Public. This way the librarian takes ownership of the 'classification' field (a.k.a status) and, as far as I can tell, the bot leaves the status untouched.
I've been keeping a log, and all 70+ entries I've created/edited since then are still set to Public (including OOP "kindle_editions" that are prone to deletion).
I had also selected a test group of 10 OOP kindle_edition entries, I didn't do the Invalid-then-Public trick on them. Out of those 10 entries, 7 were not only marked Deleted after getting the ISBN moved, but nilclass'd as well.
What I find most surprising is that the bot still edits some of the Invalid-then-Public entries in a similar way - adding "(language) edition" to the title, page count, turning kindle_edition to "Kindle Edition", etc. The only difference was the classification field. Further testing is needed, but I believe this "trick" may in fact work.
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Just for reference:
Log of a kindle_edition that survived the bot: https://www.goodreads.com/book/edits/...
Log of a kindle_edition deleted & nilclass'd by bot: https://www.goodreads.com/book/edits/...