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[INCOMPLETE SINCE SEPTEMBER] New Book to Add: The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow
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It's been a week so I'm bumping the thread.
I don't think it's possible to add a book to the site that hasn't been published yet. It won't be until next year, as you yourself stated in the first post.
Sladja wrote: "I don't think it's possible to add a book to the site that hasn't been published yet. It won't be until next year, as you yourself stated in the first post."Books that haven't been published yet are added to Goodreads constantly. I can link at least a dozen pages for not-yet-released books right now.
Hi!Officially it is not allowed to add books without ASIN/ISBN etc.
I know there are librarians who do this, but it's against the rules.
Contact the publisher and ask if there are already ISBN numbers for the books and let me know.
Priscilla wrote: "Officially it is not allowed to add books without ASIN/ISBN etc."No offense meant, but I don't believe this is true. I can't find anything in the librarian manual about books without ISBNs, I've found multiple pages on Goodreads Help with people saying books without ISBNs are fine, and given that ISBNs weren't invented until the 1960s, if books without ISBNs were not allowed, Goodreads wouldn't be allowed to add any editions that were published before 1966.
E-mailing the publisher to confirm the ISBN is still a good idea, so thank you for that, but I just wanted to comment on the ISBN thing.
(Also, for what it's worth, I did find the book's ISBN numbers, but they're listed on Google Books, and that's not a valid source. I'm still not sure why, since Google Books is just a database and not a bookseller site, but we can't use them. I'll contact the publisher about ISBN numbers sometime today.)
Sorry, I don’t make the rules, so I can’t help you with that.. New books always have ISBN’s or ASIN.
If we add these books without them, than there will be an other librarian who’s going to add them when they’re available, and than there will be multiple editions again we have to fix.
I saw them on Google books too indeed. (Indeed, not a source we can use as librarians)
All information from the announcement on the publisher's website: https://roosterrepublicpress.com/the-...
Standard Edition:
TITLE: The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow
AUTHOR: Hailey Piper
ISBN: [not available, unsure if there will be an ISBN due to the indie release]
PUBLISHER: Strangehouse Books
DATE PUBLISHED: [Not yet confirmed, but both the publisher and author's sites say 2024]
NUMBER OF PAGES: [Not yet confirmed, but the publisher's site says approximately 120]
FORMAT: Hardcover
EDITION: Standard Edition
DESCRIPTION:
Strangehouse Books presents The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow , featuring seven interconnected stories surrounding the events of The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, by Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, Hailey Piper.
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://i0.wp.com/roosterrepublicpres...
Deluxe Edition:
TITLE: The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow
AUTHOR: Hailey Piper
ISBN: [not available, unsure if there will be an ISBN due to the indie release]
PUBLISHER: Strangehouse Books
DATE PUBLISHED: [Not yet confirmed, but both the publisher and author's sites say 2024]
NUMBER OF PAGES: [Not yet confirmed, but the publisher's site says approximately 120]
FORMAT: Hardcover
EDITION: Deluxe Edition
DESCRIPTION:
Strangehouse Books presents The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow , featuring seven interconnected stories surrounding the events of The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, by Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, Hailey Piper.
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://i0.wp.com/roosterrepublicpres...
Thanks to anyone who can help with this.