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I'm not sure if this is an error or an ISBN reuse. For simplicity, I treated it as the latter. Here is the ISBN reuse edition: Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 2
...ummm, David, I appreciate your response, and effort, BUT... the "existing book with the title "Ploughshares Spring 1999 Guest-Edited by Mark Doty" ... ALREADY has it's own ISBN...
ISBN-13 9780933277250 ISBN-10 0933277253,
... [and that ISBN doesn't show on it's GoodReads page]
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
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...here's a couple of links showing the OMNIBUS book ISBN...
see: https://www.amazon.com/Ploughshares-S...
and
see: https://www.ebay.com/itm/395169692508
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...so, to me the ERROR appears to be an error listing in 'Public' status of title "Ploughshares Spring 1999", ... having the other book's ISBN 9781626080201 connected/attached to it.
...so, could you FIX the public status error, that links ISBN 9781626080201 to "Ploughshares Spring 1999" ?
---and, kindly REMOVE this added Goodreads listing you did...
"the ISBN reuse edition: Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 2"
...as it didn't really 'fix' anything...(but thanks for trying)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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After the public status error is 'fixed', then I'll edit both books' GoodReads pages, adding the proper ISBN numbers to each book.
There is nothing linking the editions except librarian comments.Since you are a librarian, there is nothing stopping you from editing them as you see fit.
...when I previously attempted an edit, this came up... 1 error prohibited this book from being saved:
Isbn is taken by an existing book with the title "Ploughshares Spring 1999 Guest-Edited by Mark Doty" in 'Public' status. If you believe this is an error please double-check your data, then check the Goodreads Librarians group. ISBNs are optional so you can also add this book without an ISBN.
I understand that you had this problem originally, but the ISBN now resides on this edition, Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 2, why would you need to further move it?
I do thank you for trying to help. However, this listing you've created ... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... ... is WRONG. That isbn you've put in, 9780933277250, goes with ANOTHER completely different BOOK, Ploughshares Spring 1999, Mark Doty.
Kindly REMOVE the created WRONG listing.
...and I'll go back to trying to 'fix' the Omnibus 2 listing.
Lou
I now see the problem. In your original request you linked the wrong edition. This is the edition you linked:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Instead of linking the real offending edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I am sorry I got confused by that error and misunderstood your request. I should have checked better.
I am going to undo what I can and ask support to undo the rest and also correct the real error, something which you should have done to begin with, please read this.
Support have now corrected all the records. Let me know if something else needs correcting.
I have, in hand, tradepaper book, Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 2, edited by Ladette Randolph. ISBN-13:9781626080201, ISBN-10:1626080208.
When I attempted to edit this edition here at GoodReads, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
...this came up when I clicked save:
1 error prohibited this book from being saved:
Isbn is taken by an existing book with the title "Ploughshares Spring 1999 Guest-Edited by Mark Doty" in 'Public' status. If you believe this is an error please double-check your data, then check the Goodreads Librarians group. ISBNs are optional so you can also add this book without an ISBN.
>>>...this is an error...<<<
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Here's the book at: https://www.pshares.org/omnibus/ploug...
Here's that 'error named book' at goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ...and the ISBN shown at this page is the one for this book, NOT the Ploughshares Omnibus 2 book.
Kindly fix this error.
regards
..a longtime goodreads member..
Lou B/justloux
justloux2@gmail.com