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Requests for Superlibrarians > Delete 3 copies of the same book

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message 1: by mindwrecker (new)

mindwrecker | 51 comments Please remove these copies of different editions of the same book.

First edition:
Main book (it has correct publisher ISBN): book to keep
Copy: book to remove

Second edition:
Main book (it has correct publisher ISBN): book to keep
Copy (it has wrong ISBN that does not belong to the book): book to remove

Third edition:
Main book (it has correct publisher ISBN): book to keep
Copy: book to remove


message 2: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13241 comments With splits acting up as they do, you could have done better by splitting the books and preparing them for the merge.
I split the first and then splits got stuck. I may try this again tomorrow. Otherwise, you may want to bump your request after a few days/


message 3: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13241 comments I did the first edition.
For the second one, how did you figure out that this is the wrong ISBN? It seems valid.
For the third edition you don't need a superlibrarian - it was only shelved twice.


message 4: by mindwrecker (new)

mindwrecker | 51 comments David wrote: "I did the first edition.
For the second one, how did you figure out that this is the wrong ISBN? It seems valid.
For the third edition you don't need a superlibrarian - it was only shelved twice."


The Publisher provides only one edition with the single ISBN https://kmbooks.com.ua/book?code=265991
Second one was taken from Google Books and it has there even wrong page numbers.

David wrote: "For the third edition you don't need a superlibrarian - it was only shelved twice."

The second copy has no ISBN


message 5: by David (last edited Apr 09, 2025 05:27AM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13241 comments Deleting a n edition with a valid ISBN is against policy unless we have ample evidence that it is incorrect. The absence of said ISBN from a publisher's website does not constitute as such.

As for the third edition, you are a librarian. Is there anything stopping you from merging the edition without ISBN yourself? It was only shelved once.


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