[COMPLETE] Merges Required - The Troop

[Drace]

There are errors to take care of regarding duplicate editions of The Troop by Nick Cutter.

1. US Ebook

The Troop (ISBN 9781476717753) – This edition has the correct ISBN, but is using an older version of the cover art that has since been changed.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... – This edition has the current ebook cover art and should be the ACE of the previously linked edition, but because the ISBN was never moved to this edition as per Goodreads policy, it was assigned a Goodreads-only ASIN by the bot.

An ACE for the first linked edition needs to be created with the following information, then merged with the second linked edition:

TITLE: The Troop
AUTHOR: Nick Cutter
ISBN-10: 1476717753
ISBN-13: 9781476717753
ASIN: 1476717753
PUBLISHER: Gallery Books
DATE PUBLISHED: August 16, 2016 [This date is based on the paperback edition; the paperback with the same cover art was published August 16 2016, so presumably the ebook would have its cover changed on the same date.]
NUMBER OF PAGES: 368
FORMAT: Ebook
DESCRIPTION:

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.

Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.

EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net... // https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...

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2. US Paperback

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... – This is a blank duplicate of the US paperback. It should be merged with ISBN 9781501144820.

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3. US Hardcover

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... – These are all duplicates of the US hardcover. They should be merged with ISBN 9781476717715.

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4. US Audiobook

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... – This is a duplicate of the US digital audiobook. It should be merged with ISBN 9781442369580.

The cover art is different, but I am certain that this is because the librarian who changed the cover art made a mistake. If you look at the edit log for 9781442369580, a librarian changed the cover art in October 2021. Archived versions of the publisher site from that time confirm that there was never a headphone icon in the bottom right corner of the cover art: https://web.archive.org/web/202110250...

This confirms that the current cover art was taken not from the publisher website, but an invalid source. As such, the duplicate that needs to be merged has the correct cover art. The correct cover art is also available here: https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net... // https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...

[David]

1-3 Done.
4 - reverting the cover art change from October 2021 revealed it is actually a different cover. The librarian who did this may have missed class on the day they taught ACE creation. I am communicating with them.

[Drace]

Thanks for the clarification. If I understand correctly, this now places the presumed duplicate in #4 in the same ACE-needed situation as #1, and if I'm not mistaken, the following steps need to be taken:

1. Create an ACE of ISBN 9781442369580 with the following information:

TITLE: The Troop
AUTHOR: Nick Cutter
ISBN-10: 1442369582
ISBN-13: 9781442369580
ASIN: 1442369582
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
DATE PUBLISHED: February 25, 2014
NUMBER OF PAGES: 11
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION:
The acclaimed national bestseller that is “old-school horror at its best” (Stephen King) follows a scout troop as it is unexpectedly caught up in an isolating and utterly terrifying fight for their lives.

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.

EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net... // https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...

2. Merge the duplicate (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...) with the newly-created ACE.


Thanks again for all of your help!

[David]

Done

[Drace]

Thanks!