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Hi there. These two are obviously the same book - its just the way the series designation is done that's different - but they aren't joined together: I think it's the series designation. Could someone join them together? Thank you. The Cats that Stopped the Magic - kindle
The Cats that Stopped the Magic - paperback
Trish wrote: "Hi there. These two are obviously the same book - its just the way the series designation is done that's different - but they aren't joined together: I think it's the series designation. Could some..."Done
Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "please add the page numbers for this edition, thanksEnchanted Guardian"
Done.
Aprilleigh wrote: "Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "please add the page numbers for this edition, thanksEnchanted Guardian"
Done."
thanks!
Please could someone add the paperback edition of The Balkan Odyssey: Travels around the former Yugoslavia...oh, and Albania too!? Thanks so much.The amazon link is https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balkan-Odyss...
Sarah wrote: "Please could someone add the paperback edition of The Balkan Odyssey: Travels around the former Yugoslavia...oh, and Albania too!? Thanks so much.The amazon link is https://www.am..."
Actually, the ISBN for the paperback matched the ebook entry on GR. All other details matched also, so I changed the format to paperback. Per Amazon, only a Kindle and paperback editions are available.
I am unsure if this impacts the SRC challenge or not. But the audiobook I just "read" has the description of a different book on its GR homepage. Check out:Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
compared to:
Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder.
Can a librarian change this to make the description fit the audiobook?
Nick wrote: "I am unsure if this impacts the SRC challenge or not. But the audiobook I just "read" has the description of a different book on its GR homepage. Check out:[book:Every Breath You Take: A True Sto..."
Done.
Bea wrote: "Nick wrote: "I am unsure if this impacts the SRC challenge or not. But the audiobook I just "read" has the description of a different book on its GR homepage. Check out:[book:Every Breath You Tak..."
Thanks Bea!
Margaret wrote: "Is anyone able to find out what page The Cat Who Went Underground starts on in [book:The Cat Who... Omnibus 03 (Books 7-9): The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare / The Cat Who Sniffed Glue / The Cat Who Wen..."I don't have a copy of this (mine are all individual titles), but my library system does, so I ordered the copy held by another library. It should arrive in a few days and I can provide that information then, if someone doesn't beat me to it.
Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The paperback version has 384 pages. I have linked Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Being-Change-S... to verify and I can also link the info from my library if needed.Thanks!
KSMary wrote: "Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The paperback version has 384 pages. I have linked Am..."Done.
KSMary wrote: "Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The paperback version has 384 pages. I have linked Am..."Worldcat (GR preferred source for page counts) says that ISBN has 307 pages. (GR uses Amazon for Createspace books and Kindle books since Amazon is more or less the printer of those.) However, I have occasionally caught Worldcat in error. Do you have the actual book and can you verify what is on pages 308-384?
Bea wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The paperback version has 384 pages. I..."I already made the adjustment based on pretty solid evidence.
I don't have the book itself in hand, but I'm looking at a table of contents from one of the local libraries - the last section of end-matter starts on p. 370 with at least 11 roman-numbered pages of front-matter - this is consistent with the page data on Amazon. The record doesn't otherwise have a page count. Another local library doesn't have the table of contents (same book by the ISBN) but lists it as 369 pages. Without actually having the book in hand (and knowing that library page counts vary wildly even for the same book), the table of contents is a pretty solid indicator.
I could see reducing the page count for the index and the last two items, because few people would actually read those, but the end notes are part of the text, leaving (conservatively, if you reject the front-matter even though many people read the preface) at least 360 pages.
Yeah, I think it's pretty safe to say Worldcat got this one wrong.
Preface p. xi
Part I Predicament
1 Waking Up p. 3
2 Beyond Green p. 17
3 Global Warming: The Science p. 29
4 Global Warming: The Outlook p. 63
5 Growth Always Ends p. 77
6 Our Mindset p. 109
Part II A Mammal in the Biosphere
7 Trailheads into the Wilderness p. 127
8 Like to Bike p. 133
9 Leaving Fossil Fuel p. 143
10 Slow Travel p. 171
11 Meditation, a Foundation of Change p. 191
12 Reconnecting with Mother Earth p. 207
13 Opting Out of a Broken System p. 235
14 Collective Action p. 259
15 Community p. 277
16 Love p. 295
Notes p. 301
Index p. 361
About the Author p. 369
About New Society Publishers p. 370
Aprilleigh wrote: "Bea wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The paperback version has ..."Thank you! I am using this for a challenge that requires a certain page count and the difference of 100 pages made the difference between being able to be used or not.
Aprilleigh wrote: "Bea wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The paperback version has ..."It looks like Worldcat did miss on this one. I wish there was a way to communicate such to them when I find it in my own research, but I haven't found a way yet. However, unless GR has changed the Librarian Manual (I haven't checked), the roman numeral pages are not counted but the end stuff would be.
Bea wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "Bea wrote: "KSMary wrote: "Can I request that someone correct the page number count for Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution? The pap..."It's a pity that they make that call, although I understand they need to have something simple and consistent to apply, because publishers are themelves quite inconsistent on this count. Some start the numbering with the introduction, some do not - and it doesn't seem to matter if the introduction was written by the author or someone else. Most do skip the TOC and the preface, however.
Margaret wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Is anyone able to find out what page The Cat Who Went Underground starts on in [book:The Cat Who... Omnibus 03 (Books 7-9): The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare / The Ca..."Book came in today...
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare
Starts on p. 11 (title page, story starts on p. 13) and ends on p. 196
The Cat Who Sniffed Glue
Starts on p. 197 (title page, story starts on p. 199) and ends on p. 404
The Cat Who Went Underground
Starts on p. 405 (title page, story starts on p. 407) and ends on p. 639
Aprilleigh wrote: "Trish wrote: "Hi there. These two are obviously the same book - its just the way the series designation is done that's different - but they aren't joined together: I think it's the series designati..."Done
Thanks - sorry, I just saw this.
Afternoon. Me again, I'm afraid. I'm looking for a paperback version of State Techonics by Malka Ann Older. I've found one with no cover picture - while the top one that comes up in a search has the same page count as the coverless one, but doesn't have any details on ISBN or what kind of edition it is (HB, PB, ebook, etc)
I suspect they're actually two halves of the same book, as it were, so I wondered if they should be joined together.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Thanks.
Diane Whitney wrote: "Can I get a page count added to The Escape Artist? Thanks!"Difficult to do when not even Amazon has a page count for this edition.
Aprilleigh wrote: "Diane Whitney wrote: "Can I get a page count added to The Escape Artist? Thanks!"Difficult to do when not even Amazon has a page count for this edition."
WorldCat also does NOT have this ISBN. Please check your actual item and verify that is the correct one. I did find another mmpb edition, with another ISBN.
May I have the paperback version of this one addedLike Father Like Son
https://www.amazon.com/Like-Father-So...
Paperback: 259 pages
ISBN-10: 108078702X
ISBN-13: 978-1080787029
thank you
Jecca wrote: "May I have the paperback version of this one addedLike Father Like Son
https://www.amazon.com/Like-Father-So......"
Since Amazon only shows 2 editions (one paperback, one Kindle), I updated the unidentified edition with the paperback details.
Could someone correct the page numbers on this edition
I have this edition in my hands. Have verified that the ISBN is the same.
It has 278 pages.
Thank you, in advance.
And these editions need to be combined ... AND, the series name dropped from the title and properly listed as a series name.A Deadly Deception
and
A Deadly Deception: A Constance Piper Mystery
The first two books in the series are shown here: Constance Piper Mystery Series
Book Concierge wrote: "Could someone correct the page numbers on this editionI have this edition in my hands. Have verified that the ISBN is the same.
It has 278 pages.
Th..."
Worldcat agreed. Corrected.
Book Concierge wrote: "And these editions need to be combined ... AND, the series name dropped from the title and properly listed as a series name.A Deadly Deception
and
[book:A Deadly Deception: A C..."
Combined and added to series.
Thank you, Bea (and other volunteer librarians)!Here's another series that hasn't yet be designated as such:
Series is the "Nice Series" (set in Nice, France)
Book 1: Not Quite Nice
Book 2: Nice Work
Book 3: A Nice Cup of Tea
Thanks in advance
Book Concierge wrote: "Thank you, Bea (and other volunteer librarians)!Here's another series that hasn't yet be designated as such:
Series is the "Nice Series" (set in Nice, France)
Book 1: [book:Not Quite Nice|225148..."
Done
When I search by ISBN: 9780316211222I get:
BUT the cover on MY hardcover (from the library) is this:
Which shows NO ISBN in the Goodreads record.
Don't know if the wrong ISBN/cover were attached, or if there are alternate covers.
Thanks for your help.
Could someone please add the original publication date of 1902 to Savage Island; An Account of a Sojourn in Niu� and Tonga?This entry shows the original date- Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niue and Tonga
They should be fine now - two different author profiles for the same person needed to be merged and then the editions combined.
Aprilleigh wrote: "They should be fine now - two different author profiles for the same person needed to be merged and then the editions combined."Thanks
Book Concierge wrote: "When I search by ISBN: 9780316211222I get:
BUT the cover on MY hardcover (from the library) is this:
Which shows NO IS..."
Yes, it is an alternate cover edition for your ISBN. I have added that to the description.
Can someone merge these two records:Highway of Tears: The Missing, The Murdered, The Mystery
and
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism...
Book Concierge wrote: "Can someone merge these two records:Highway of Tears: The Missing, The Murdered, The Mystery
and
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism..."
I went over to do this and found it already completed.
Can someone correct the First Published Date on these two books?The Vintage Caper - currently just shows year 2009. I believe the correct date is Oct 20, 2009.
I Always Loved You - currently shows the "default" Jan 1, 2014 date. I believe the correct date should be Feb 4, 2014.
Bea wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "Can someone merge these two records:Highway of Tears: The Missing, The Murdered, The Mystery
and
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism..."
I went over to do this and ..."
Thanks for checking it out, Bea. And thanks to the librarian who fixed it.
Book Concierge wrote: "Can someone correct the First Published Date on these two books?The Vintage Caper - currently just shows year 2009. I believe the correct date is Oct 20, 2009.
[book:I Always Love..."
I took care of both
Morning.Could someone join together what look like a pair of divorced paperback and kindle versions for The Question Mark, by Muriel Jaeger?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Thank you.
Trish wrote: "Morning.Could someone join together what look like a pair of divorced paperback and kindle versions for The Question Mark, by Muriel Jaeger?
Completed.
Android for Dummies doesn't have a page count in GR. Amazon says 384 pages.
My book in hand has the table of contents going to xv, then a blank page, followed by pages 1-366, and then two unnumbered pages "About the Author" and "Publisher's Acknowledgements". (This adds up to 384.)
I'm not sure whether this should be 366 or 384, but can a librarian please add a page count.
Julia wrote: "Android for Dummies doesn't have a page count in GR. Amazon says 384 pages.
My book in hand has the table of contents going to xv, then a blank page, followed by pages 1-366, and ..."
Hi,
I've added the page numbers as per Amazon's count of 384.
Lauren wrote: "Julia wrote: "Android for Dummies doesn't have a page count in GR. Amazon says 384 pages.
My book in hand has the table of contents going to xv, then a blank page, followed by pag..."
Per the GR Librarian Manual, the roman numeral pages do not count - the correct page count is 366.
This also agrees with the Worldcat record.
Aprilleigh wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Julia wrote: "Android for Dummies doesn't have a page count in GR. Amazon says 384 pages.
My book in hand has the table of contents going to xv, then a blank page, ..."
Yes, then it is 366. Thanks.
Lauren wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Julia wrote: "Android for Dummies doesn't have a page count in GR. Amazon says 384 pages.
My book in hand has the table of contents going to xv, ..."
It's hard to keep it all straight sometimes, but we do the best we can.
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