Updating my book details

[Hugh]

Hi, I've published four books, all of them in paperback, hardback and ebook versions. They all appear in Goodreads in one form or another but it's very confused and I want to tidy it up but I'm unable to simply edit the book details myself as I keep hitting error messages.

I want to start with Wildlife of the World - China. The first edition was published with the wrong title by Rowanvale in paperback and hardback versions. Both of these are now out-of-print and have been replaced by the second edition published by Natural Planet Books in paperback, hardback and ebook (including Kindle) format.

When I search on Goodreads I get two results, the original first edition hardback and the new 2nd edition Kindle which it seems to be treating as if they were completely different books. When I try to add the second edition paperback and hardback it won't let me because it says the ISBNs already exist (which is true of course) but I can't find them on Good reads to check the details are correct and link them with the Kindle version.

Sorry for the complexity, but I just need some advice on how I can sort it out so the information in Goodreads is complete and accurate.
Thanks
Hugh

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Hugh wrote: "Hi, I've published four books, all of them in paperback, hardback and ebook versions. They all appear in Goodreads in one form or another but it's very confused and I want to tidy it up but I'm una..."

Hi Hugh, please move your question to the correct folder using the edit button: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
thank you

[Hugh]

Sorry, I don't understand.
What is the correct group?
And I clicked on the 'edit' button above but couldn't see any folders.
Hugh

[Scott]

Book and Author Page Issues. Adding New Books is for adding new books.

Note that you can combine your own books.

[Hugh]

Thanks, how do I move this into that group?

[Oğuz]

Hello Librarians,

Could you please add my book to the Goodreads database?
Here are the details:

Title: Şans ve Dans
Author: Oğuz Tepe
ISBN-13: 9798231898862
Publisher: Oğuz Tepe (self-published)
Publication date: August 12, 2025
Format: eBook (Turkish)
Available on: Apple Books, Kobo

Thank you very much for your help!

[Martin]

Oğuz wrote: "Hello Librarians,

Could you please add my book to the Goodreads database?
Here are the details:

Title: Şans ve Dans
Author: Oğuz Tepe
ISBN-13: 9798231898862
Publisher: Oğuz Tepe (self-publi..."

Please create your own new post, and don't forget to include source/s

[Scott]

Hugh wrote: "Thanks, how do I move this into that group?"

Again, edit this thread and change the folder.

[Hugh]

Sorry, I've no idea how to do that.

I don't know what 'edit this thread' means and I can't see anything anywhere that looks remotely like a 'folder', even when I click on the various 'edit' links.

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Hugh wrote: "Sorry, I've no idea how to do that.

I don't know what 'edit this thread' means and I can't see anything anywhere that looks remotely like a 'folder', even when I click on the various 'edit' links."

Hello Hugh, If you cannot find the button, please copy your text and open a new topic in this folder: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Afterwards, delete this topic here or let us know so we can close this one. Thank you

[Hugh]

OK, thanks very much, that makes sense!
I've been having a go at sorting out the mess of different editions and I think I'm getting somewhere, so I'll leave it for the moment and re-post in the new folder if I get stuck.
Thanks for your help!

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closing this topic