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Requests for Superlibrarians > Three Merges: Nineteen Eighty-Three

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message 1: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7862 comments There are duplicates of the book Nineteen Eighty-Three that need to be merged.

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... – Duplicate of ASIN B00429KAZA

2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... – Duplicate of ISBN 9780307741677, but the duplicate has better quality cover art

3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... – This ISBN does not seem to exist. I’ve tried searching it and found nothing. I think this one needs to be marked invalid.


message 2: by David (last edited Nov 02, 2025 01:48AM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13704 comments 1-2. Done


message 3: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13704 comments 3. It's a valid ISBN owned by the correct publisher. There is nothing I can do about it.


message 4: by Drace (last edited Nov 02, 2025 11:50AM) (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7862 comments Thank you for your help.

I couldn't find #3's ISBN on the ISBN lookup search site that I use, Google searching resulted in three separate books that are not Nineteen Eighty-Three, I couldn't find it anywhere on the publisher site, and the date doesn't match up with the other published editions. The only source I could find for it is WorldCat, but the WorldCat page doesn't even spell the title right or have a date that matches the edition on Goodreads. Are we 100% sure this one is legitimate?


message 5: by David (last edited Nov 02, 2025 01:42PM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13704 comments We are not 100% sure it is illegitimate. If the ISBN was owned by a different organization I wouldn't hesitate, but as it is, who knows.


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