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message 1: by Driima (last edited Oct 25, 2023 01:34PM) (new)

Driima | 24 comments Hello,

I don't understand why this book was moved from public status to invalid.
It is a finished novel-lenght fanfiction of >87.000 words.
The short sequel is not valid, that is completely understandable as it is not even near book lenght.

While every discussion I found stated different takes on the valid lenght of fanfiction due to word converters and the likes, the librarians manual only calls for "book-lenght", not novel- lenght, and all posts stated a word or page count way below 87.000 as a valid numbers.

Please take a look at this book and if applicable, please put it back to public status.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/156...

Thank you!


message 2: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments It was set as invalid by a GR employee, so please contact GR Support with questions about it.

GR Support: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

Also, as can be seen from the changelog: https://www.goodreads.com/book/edits/..., this book is listed with 'deleted author', so the edit page cannot be accessed anyway by a Librarian.


message 3: by Driima (last edited Oct 25, 2023 09:03PM) (new)

Driima | 24 comments Arenda wrote: "It was set as invalid by a GR employee, so please contact GR Support with questions about it.

GR Support: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

Also, as can be seen from the changelog: https..."


Thanks, I' ll try there. But the author is still on GR...
" deleted link"


message 4: by P.J. (new)

P.J. (pj_cruz) Hi - i see that one of my books was classified as invalid. I looked at the example guidelines and none were violated (e.g., not a magazine, not behind a paywall/subscription).

Can you let me know how to fix or if I need to contact GR (they pointed to this group).

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
"Bob Becomes a Superhero"


message 5: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9270 comments P.J. wrote: "Hi - i see that one of my books was classified as invalid. I looked at the example guidelines and none were violated (e.g., not a magazine, not behind a paywall/subscription).

Can you let me know..."


It's a proof. The real book is on your profile.


message 6: by P.J. (new)

P.J. (pj_cruz) Scott wrote: "P.J. wrote: "Hi - i see that one of my books was classified as invalid. I looked at the example guidelines and none were violated (e.g., not a magazine, not behind a paywall/subscription).

Can yo..."


Ah - thank you!


message 7: by Driima (new)

Driima | 24 comments Corinne wrote: "author profile on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Low...

"Also please do NOT add my fics as catalog entries to Goodreads or other sites."

fanfiction is removed when an autho..."


Thank you! I did not see that. I only found those blank books on my READ shelf, this novel lenght one among them and though it was a GR thing once again...


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