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This was probably done due to the Amazon page:https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Joe-Abe...
I have no way of telling this cover is not used for this ISBN now.
According to the publisher Amazon is (shockingly) correct:https://us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
I looked up that original cover and its artwork is amazing. The edge reminded me of Dante.
David wrote: "This was probably done due to the Amazon page:https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Joe-Abe...
I have no way of telling this cover is not used for this ISBN now."
There are photos taken by people scalping the special edition on eBay that have the title page in view, and it specifically names Gollancz, the UK publisher. I can post links in my next reply if you want.
The US hardcover has nothing to do with the Broken Bindery edition and the librarian who made these changes should not have done so.
Here's a link to a listing where the title page and the copyright page are both visible: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256948969504
Tawnya supplied a link to the US publisher which shows this cover for this ISBN.
Right. The problem is that the limited edition that I linked in the OP used to be the regular US Hardcover edition with the ISBN 9781250880055. A librarian removed the ISBNs and converted the page into an entirely different edition (the limited edition one). This is against policy, and as far as I can tell, now that the ISBNs have been removed and assigned to a new page (which, even though it's correct, should not have been made in the first place because it already existed before the librarian changed all the data for no reason), the only way to restore the original edition page is to merge the limited edition and ISBN 9781250880055 together.
I'm sorry, but I don't see it. What edit are you talking about? If you rather not disclose names, feel free to PM me.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/edits/...Looking closely, it seems to be a series of librarians who made incorrect changes.
Previously, this edition was the US hardcover with the ISBN 9781250880055 and had all of the corresponding info from the publisher: https://us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Goodreads staff member Tevin incorrectly changed the cover art from the US hardcover to the limited edition UK hardcover.
Librarian Adalana incorrectly removed the US hardcover ISBNs, then created a new edition with the ISBNs (https://www.goodreads.com/book/edits/...)
Goodreads staff member Gershwyn changed the publisher from Tor Books (the US publisher) to The Broken Binding (limited edition hardcover publisher).
It was multiple librarians and staff members all messing up and flagrantly making incorrect edits to change an existing edition to an edition that didn't have a page yet, rather than just making a new page for the new edition.
It would be like if Penguin was publishing a new fancy clothbound edition of Moby-Dick, so librarians changed all of the data on the Oxford World's Classic's page to match the new Penguin edition, then created a separate page for the Oxford edition. Completely in violation of Goodreads policies. I have no idea why so many people who theoretically know site policy made these incorrect changes.
Since two staff members were involved, you would need to contact support about this.
Is it not possible to just merge the two editions and restore the information to the US hardcover?
It is possible to get your librarian privileges lost because you undo something a staff member did. You may find another librarian willing to take the chance.
David wrote: "It is possible to get your librarian privileges lost because you undo something a staff member did. You may find another librarian willing to take the chance."Alright. I'll contact staff, let them know that they incorrectly changed an entire editions page, and ask them to re-merge them. Hopefully I make some progress, but but given that they made these changes in the first place, I am not especially hopeful.
I'm sorry I couldn't help, but several librarians and even a superlibrarian already fell so I have to be cautious, even if I think you are correct.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... - This edition of The Devils was originally the US hardcover edition, ISBN 9781250880055. For reasons that are completely beyond me, a librarian removed the ISBNs from this edition, created a new edition with the US hardcover ISBNs (The Devils), changed this edition's details to those a special limited edition published by a publisher in the UK, and left a librarian note claiming that the new page is an ACE of the US hardcover (it is not).
To undo these incorrect changes that are entirely in violation of Goodreads policy, the two editions need to be re-merged, and an entirely new, separate edition should be created for the special edition release. I can provide information for the special edition in a follow-up reply if needed.