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All editions of a work should be combined.There is a link in the very first paragraph.
I wasn’t asking that the two works not be combined. I was asking that the descriptions for each work be made to match that work. Are you saying that all works should have the exact same description, even when the description is for a different work?
It does appear that someone has updated almost all of the descriptions for the editions of Work 1, so thanks to whoever did that. There is still one edition of that work that needs to be updated, here:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Because the listing combines two separate works, all of the metadata is different between them. I have managed to edit the listings to mostly include the correct metadata for each format of each work, but I am unable to edit the descriptions. This has resulted in the same description being used for both works, leading to the nonsensical outcome of a description that refers to an author who wasn't involved in the work the description is being used for.
When I try to change the description, I get this error: "Description may only include links to other pages on Goodreads." However, I am not trying to include links in the description. I have even tried stripping out all HTML tags and it won't accept the description.
Can someone please assist with putting the correct descriptions into the listing?
Here is what the data should say:
WORK 1
9780991399703
9780991399727 (note: publisher here also needs to be corrected to Thorntree Press)
B00MSF4SLC
B00X6CIHAY
B0DTXPW8BN
Note: All of the non-English editions are translations of this work. However, each of those seems to have its own (correct) description, and are not copying the description from Work 2.
CORRECT DESCRIPTION (from Amazon):
Can you love more than one person? Have multiple romantic partners, without jealousy or cheating? Absolutely! Polyamorous people have been paving the way, through trial and painful error. Now the new book More Than Two can help you find your own way. With completely new material and a fresh approach, Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert wrote More Than Two to expand on and update the themes and ideas in the wildly popular polyamory website morethantwo.com.
From Ancient Greece through the many dynasties of China to current practices of non-monogamy, people have openly engaged in multiple intimate relationships. Not until the late 20th century, however, was a word coined that encapsulated the practice, as well as its philosophies, edicts and ethics: polyamory (poly = many + amore = love).
For Franklin Veaux, who has been polyamorous for his entire adult life, the emerging framework and subsequent vocabulary for his lifestyle was a light in the dark. Candidly sharing his experiences and thoughts online catapulted his website morethantwo.com, among the first dedicated to the poly lifestyle, to one of the top-ranking on the subject.
In recent years, as more people have discovered polyamory as a legitimate and desirable option for how they conduct their relationships, Franklin and one of his partners, Eve Rickert, saw that there was a growing need for a comprehensive guide to the lifestyle. More Than Two is that guide.
This wide-ranging resource explores the often-complex world of living polyamorously: the nuances (no, this isn't swinging), the relationship options (do you suit a V, an N, an open network?), the myths (don't count on wild orgies and endless sex but don't rule them out either!) and the expectations (communication, transparency and trust are paramount). More Than Two is entirely without judgment and peppered with a good dose of humor. In it the authors share not only their hard-won philosophies about polyamory, but also their hurts and embarrassments. Living poly is not always an easy road, and they hope that by reading this book, you'll avoid some of the mistakes they've made along the way.
Challenging the notion of what society considers a healthy and successful relationship, they offer up personal stories from their own lives as well as of those in the wider poly world, emphasizing that this lifestyle choice isn't for the noncommittal. Polyamory is all about the relationships and the individuals participating. Charting a Relationship Bill of Rights, the authors underscore the importance of engaging in ethical polyamory and guide readers through the thorny issues of jealousy and insecurity with the aim of encouraging readers to work consistently and conscientiously on both their relationships and themselves.
And no, they're not trying to convert you: they know that polyamory isn't for everyone. Veaux and Rickert simply provide those who might be embarking on this lifestyle or those who have always known they are poly with a set of tools and many questions to help them make informed decisions and set them on a path to enjoying multiple happy, strong, enriching relationships.
More Than Two is the book the polyamory community has been waiting for. And who knows? It may just be the book you didn't even know you were waiting for.
WORK 2
9781990869587
B0DG8XGBQG
9781990869617
B0F1DVFQ3L
CORRECT DESCRIPTION (from Amazon)
A modern topology of nonmonogamy’s many possibilities―and consequences.
“Can you love more than one person?” A lot of conversations about nonmonogamy start this way. When we discuss “opening” relationships, contemplate whether we want to be exclusive with our partners, or introduce multiple partners to friends and family, we are asking the people in our lives, and ourselves, to contend with this question.
The answer is obvious, and misleading. The love one feels in their heart and the love one expresses through daily acts of care and affection are both “love” in the true sense, but they have different requirements, present different options and produce different outcomes.
More Than Two, Second Edition, can’t promise outcomes, but it is a guide to the paths―from anchor or nesting partnerships to relationship anarchy―possible within nonmonogamy. This long-awaited second edition bridges emerging theories on attachment and relationship diversity with authors Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin’s insight and experience. The arcs of nonmonogamous partnerships bend towards complexity, introspection and compromise―or at least they can, if we work at it.