Is it possible to undo combine?

[WaldenOgre]

I might incorrectly combined many different editions of one book, but I found it almost impossible to undo it manually. Now I feel bad. So, is there any way to undo the combine automatically?

Thanks in tears...

[Martin]

You should be able to use the separate tool. If you go to 'all editions' page for a book the tool is at upper right

[WaldenOgre]

Martin wrote: "You should be able to use the separate tool. If you go to 'all editions' page for a book the tool is at upper right"

But there are a lot of different edtions that I have combined accidently, so it's impossible to undo it manually. I thought there might be a way to undo the combination and put the things back what they were... T_T

[Martin]

If they are editions of the same book they should be combined anyway.
Is this all for one author? Give a link so I can take a look.

[Tawnya]

The reason I found out that the librarian page even existed was contacting support after I found the all 39 title from an author had been combined into one! I discovered it late Friday night. I figured it would be midweek before I heard anything. At the time I didn't know how easy it is to separate them. Support got back to me and has fixed the mess in less than 12 hours! She suggested the group. I had seen the name, but thought one had to be an actual librarian. Coincidentally my daughter had just earned her Masters of Librarian Sciences (happy squee). The lady at support told me more and suggested I become one.

So WaldenOgre, I doubt you did anything as bad as what happened to that author. I looked through the logs, but I couldn't tell what happened.

Martin do authors have the power to combine?

[Martin]

Yes, authors can combine their own works

[WaldenOgre]

Martin wrote: "If they are editions of the same book they should be combined anyway.
Is this all for one author? Give a link so I can take a look."

Like this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

They are all The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1, but some of them are vol 1 of 6 vol edition, some of them are of 12 vol edition. Now, I can hardly separate and put them back correctly. That's why I feel bad...

[Martin]

Where the overall work has been divided differently they should indeed be listed as separate works on Goodreads.
I don't know of any way to undo your edits so think you will have to use the separate tool to sort them out.