[LIBRARIAN MADE INCORRECT EDITS, ADDITIONAL HELP NEEDED] New ACE: Audition

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The UK paperback edition of Audition by Ryū Murakami got an ACE that needs to be created and added to the site.

Older edition: Audition (ISBN 9781408800720)

New edition information:

TITLE: Audition
AUTHOR: Ryū Murakami
TRANSLATOR: Ralph McCarthy
ISBN-10: 1408800721
ISBN-13: 9781408800720
ASIN: 1408800721
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
DATE PUBLISHED: January 2025
NUMBER OF PAGES: 200
FORMAT: Paperback
DESCRIPTION [note: oftentimes an ACE’s description is different from the one on the publisher’s website. I’m using the publisher site for this, but as the UK ACE data filters out to other sites, this is subject to change]:

Since the death of his wife seven years ago, documentary maker Aoyama has not dated anyone else. Now even his teenage son, Shige, thinks that he should remarry and his best friend Yoshikawa comes up with a plan: to hold fake film auditions from which he can choose a new bride. Of the thousands who apply, it is a beautiful ballerina, Yamasaki Asami, who captivates Aoyama. Infatuated by her fragile nature and nervous smile, he ignores his increasing sense of unease, putting aside his doubts about his new love, until it may be too late…

In Audition, Ryu Murakami delivers his most subtly disturbing novel yet, confirming him as Japan's master of the psycho-thriller.

EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://res.cloudinary.com/bloomsbury... // https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/auditio...

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A week has passed, so I'm bumping the thread.

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Another bump.

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Bump.

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Bumping.

[Waleed]

Note: This section is for adding unlisted books.
I believe your request is to change the cover.

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Waleed wrote: "Note: This section is for adding unlisted books.
I believe your request is to change the cover."

This thread is not to request a change to the cover art, and in fact, changing the cover art is against Goodreads policy unless the art is outright incorrect.

An Alternate Cover Edition is what happens when a publisher releases an edition of a book that has the same ISBN as the previous edition, but new cover art. It's Goodreads policy to list the new edition as separate from the old one and move the ISBNs from the old edition to the new one. If you haven't read the article about it in the librarian manual, you can find more detail here: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

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Hi, we appreciate your patience as we work through the tremendous backlog (+-5500 requests). Please, do not bump this request too much as it might take longer by librarians to complete because most work from last activity to recent activity. Meanwhile if you want to read more about why your request hasn’t been completed yet, you can follow this link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... . Thank you for your understanding.

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Eline wrote: "Hi, we appreciate your patience as we work through the tremendous backlog (+-5500 requests). Please, do not bump this request too much as it might take longer by librarians to complete because most..."

I bump the thread once a week as per Goodreads policy. My last reply was as part of a conversation with a librarian, as is this one.

[Waleed]

Waleed wrote: "Note: This section is for adding unlisted books.
I believe your request is to change the cover."

I forgot to close
Already Exists, Just search using the ISBN number.

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You did not create an Alternate Cover Edition. You changed the cover art for the previously existing edition, which is against Goodreads policy.

If you are unable to make an Alternate Cover Edition for whatever reason, please just let me know so I can ask another librarian to revert your incorrect cover art change and make the ACE.

[Waleed]

Why are you reopening your request?!

This section is for adding unlisted books. I entered the ISBN number in the search and found the edition listed, so the request is closed.

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Waleed wrote: "Why are you reopening your request?!

This section is for adding unlisted books. I entered the ISBN number in the search and found the edition listed, so the request is closed."

You seem to fundamentally misunderstand what an alternate cover edition is. The cover art does not need to be changed. A new edition using the old ISBN needs to be created. You are not carrying out what I requested in the OP of this thread, and by changing the already-correct cover art instead of creating an ACE, you have violated Goodreads policy.

I'll start a thread elsewhere to revert your incorrect edit and have another librarian create the required Alternate Cover Edition. You may want to re-read the librarian manual's instructions on what an Alternate Cover Edition is and how to create it.

EDIT: Another librarian reverted the invalid cover art change. Will also find another librarian to create the ACE. Marking the thread as closed since it's clear no further progress is being made here.