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Jan 09, 2025 03:29AM
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Everyone - Jaclyn posted a very nice message in Book Chat #3.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... → the book is already on GR, but the publishing date and page count in the request differ from those on the listing. If anyone wants to investigate further, the provided link doesn’t include this information, but I found the WorldCat page (it’s not much help either tbh): https://search.worldcat.org/title/146....
https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...Description is missing from all 3 editions.
Will someone add it, please?
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Edwina wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...Description is missing from all 3 editions.
Will someone add it, please?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D......"
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Marked as done by OP: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Deleted request: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... → this was a closed request, but I got notified due to my notifications being on. Would someone mind updating the description of the book in question from English to Serbian? The user provided all the necessary information. Everything else, including the page count issue, has already been addressed.
1. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... → no response and the book is now fixed2. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Some request with lack of response1. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Summary:From #451 up to here, all done except:
#495 (1)
#572 waiting for cover
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Book is there. Emmy explained to author how to add it herself.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...I have a question. What do we do in cases like this one (and many others I've come across) where the information to add the book has been provided correctly, but the required link to verify the data and cover is missing? And where a librarian/assistant already requested the link, but it was never provided?
Do we close the request after a month due to lack of response, or could we consider forwarding the request to the language-specific topics? Perhaps a librarian familiar with publishers' websites in that language/country might be able to find a valid source and add the book anyway?
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...#Please check if Crazy Bot deleted the ISBN on this one.
1 edition is in the database but not the one request.
Amazon link in OP's post.
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The safest course of action is always confirming the details OP gave with an accepted source, even if OP layed out all the details.Sometimes there isn't a link for the publisher, if it's a small publisher or an author release, or the publisher doesn't show all details, specially ISBN. Or if it is a somewhat old book, it might not be at the publisher page, or the publisher might not exist anymore.
In those cases I ask for photos of the book.
But answering your question, in those cases we don't add the book, even with OP providing the details.
Some time ago we discussed when we should close requests without response, and we agreed that a good time to wait would be 1 month.
So, if a user doesn't answer to a librarian question in one month, we usually close the request.
In that case you mention, I don't really like to close the request because, as you said, the details are there.
I can't add the book, but a swedish librarian probably could, as they would know many other accepted sources like city libraries pages. We could also search in Google, and maybe we would find sources for the book details, but we wouldn't know if it was an accepted source or not.
The problem is, there aren't many active language threads at this moment, and the swedish thread is one that became inactive pretty soon.
In that request, as I said, I don't like to close the request, but someone else will close it eventually.
And if it remains open, I'll close it when it reaches the end of the section.
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Bruno wrote: "The safest course of action is always confirming the details OP gave with an accepted source, even if OP layed out all the details.Sometimes there isn't a link for the publisher, if it's a small p..."
Thank you for such a detailed explanation. It’s really helpful to have this process clarified, and I appreciate you taking the time to lay it all out.
That’s pretty much what I assumed was the usual approach. Even though I don’t love the idea, I understand why these requests end up being closed, even when the information is there. It would be impossible to manage otherwise, and there has to be a point where things get wrapped up.
Up until now, I’ve generally avoided these requests, hoping someone with the right knowledge would stumble on them and add the books, and focused on ones that are more straightforward. I think I’ll stick to that, leaving the closure of these for when there’s no other option.
Thanks again!
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - asking for some changes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - asking for fixing info
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - asking for fixing info
