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anyone with librarian status....
This is the first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird.It was published on July 11, 1960
Can the correct date be entered in the record ... right now it's got the "default" Jan 1 month/day.
Thank you in advance.
Janice wrote: "Please add covers to the following books:Hands Across the Caviar
https://www.amazon.com/across-caviar-......"
Done
Andy wrote: "Would some kind person with librarian status add page numbers to this book One Clean Shot: Rookie Club Book 2 ?I have a copy in my hand and excluding author's notes etc. it has 354..."
Updated per Amazon.
Book Concierge wrote: "This is the first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird.It was published on July 11, 1960
Can the correct date be entered in the record ... right now it's got the "default" Jan 1 month/..."
Updated per your info
Kathy KS wrote: "Janice wrote: "Please add covers to the following books:Hands Across the Caviar
https://www.amazon.com/across-caviar-......"
Thank you, Kathy.
Kathy KS wrote: "Andy wrote: "Would some kind person with librarian status add page numbers to this book One Clean Shot: Rookie Club Book 2 ?I have a copy in my hand and excluding author's notes et..."
Thank You very much,
Andy
Please could someone add another audio edition to The Sands of Mars? The edition linked below is not on GR.https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sands-of...
Thanks so much.
Sarah wrote: "Please could someone add another audio edition to The Sands of Mars? The edition linked below is not on GR.https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sands-of......"
Done
Kathy KS wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Please could someone add another audio edition to The Sands of Mars? The edition linked below is not on GR.https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sands-of......"
Thanks Kathy!
Can the title of this book be fixed.I searched by the ISBN of the book I had in my hand: 9780008255473
And I get: ADVENTURE OF CHRISTMA_POIRO PB Clearly mistitled!
Correct title is: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
(I could swear that when I chose it the title was correct ... GR has been so glitchy lately, especially with older books.)
Book Concierge wrote: "Can the title of this book be fixed.I searched by the ISBN of the book I had in my hand: 9780008255473
And I get: ADVENTURE OF CHRISTMA_POIRO PB Clearly mistitled!
Correct title..."
Done
By the way ... can you, as librarian, tell who changed the title to that weird wrong thing?Lately I've been noticing lots of titles similar to this. ALL CAPS, including the author name and/or pub date ... all as part of the title. Don't know if it's a glitch of some sort of data merge or if it's a specific person who doesn't know what they are doing.
Book Concierge wrote: "By the way ... can you, as librarian, tell who changed the title to that weird wrong thing?Lately I've been noticing lots of titles similar to this. ALL CAPS, including the author name and/or pub..."
I looked at the changelog (which records changes made by GR librarians) and I couldn't spot a manual change to all caps, but there are so many editions of that book and lots of changes.
From my experience, weird titles are usually the result of data importing - for instance I've seen a lot of GR titles recently that include stuff like "as seen on BookTube" or "TikTok made me buy it" because sites like Amazon have been adding those lines to the titles on their website to make them stand out, and that gets imported across to GR. I reckon the all caps thing might be similar.
Most books added to GR are from a data import rather than individual librarians; GR librarians mostly just edit books that have already been created. The exception is very small publishers and self-published books that aren't on Amazon.
Aimee wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "By the way ... can you, as librarian, tell who changed the title to that weird wrong thing?Lately I've been noticing lots of titles similar to this. ALL CAPS, including the..."
I agree with Aimee; I believe most of those screwy ones showing up are data dumps to GR. It seems that these sloppy and incomplete records have been showing up approximately since they went to the "new" GR look. Maybe some settings at the admin end were changed with all that. I'm pretty sure that many are duplicates of items already in the system.
What bothers me most are all of the records that say the author, format, and/or dates in the title line AND YET the author is listed as "Unknown author". Somewhere in the dump process, the fields haven't been parsed.
These are all listed separately (not as different editions):What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Belgian Sisters in the Nazi Resistance
What Did You Do in the War, Sister?
Can they be combined?
(I have this Kindle edition, What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance, and don't know which paperback page count to use.)
Julia wrote: "These are all listed separately (not as different editions):What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
[book:What Did You Do In The War, Sis..."
Combined
Kathy KS wrote: "Julia wrote: "These are all listed separately (not as different editions):What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance
[book:What Did You Do I..."
Thank you!
Mod
Also, I'm not sure why this version of The Burning Land is listed as a separate book entirely to The Burning Land rather than a different edition, but if someone could investigate that'd be appreciated.
Thank you!
Jayne wrote: "Could someone please add details to this edition of A Perfect Spy? Missing ISBN (9780340393130 and 0340393130) and page count (607), also needs capitalisation fixing in the title...."
Burning Land is now combined.
A perfect spy is somewhat problematic. The ISBNs are either used for other copies and formats or have been placed in the ASIN because of duplications. Also, the covers of each version seems to be different according the GR records. There are several different covers attached to either those numbers or Coronet.
Some Coronet versions have no numbers or other identifying info. Your pagination is ok for all I can see, so I can add that.
What format is the one you have? I find some of the above listed as paperback, mass market pb, kindle, and unknown binding. Library standards would consider a mass market pb about 18 cm (this is what I found in WorldCat), paperbacks (or trade paperbacks) are usually about 20-21 cm. Which cover matches the one you listed; the link you sent?
I can see what changes I can make when I have more info. Oh, also, what's the most recent date listed on the title page or the verso (back) of the title page? That would help. The capitalization issue can be fixed, if you want. GR rules are different from what library standards were when this would have been originally cataloged in WorldCat. WorldCat lists as shown in GR.
Mod
Yeah, I did wonder if that might be a thorny one. The copy I have is a Coronet MMPB, it comes in just under 18cm. It's dated 1992, the cover matches the link I sent in the original message.
Hope that helps a little!
Can someone please combineThe Man of Dangerous Secrets and
The Man of Dangerous Secrets
They have the same cover which says "Margery Allingham writing as Maxwell March".
Thanks!
And another one to combine:Black'erchief Dick
Black'erchief Dick 1923 Leather Bound
Black'erchief Dick
The third one is messed up - it looks as though the author's name was smashed together with the person who wrote an introduction. It might be the same edition as Black'erchief Dick 1st US Edition (same publication year, same publisher), in which case it could be deleted instead of combined.
Blackkerchief Dick lists the introduction author but has a different publisher.
Jayne wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Jayne wrote: "Could someone please add details to this edition of A Perfect Spy? Missing ISBN (9780340393130 and 0340393130) and page count (607), also needs capita..."Added your info
Julia wrote: "Can someone please combineThe Man of Dangerous Secrets and
The Man of Dangerous Secrets
They have the same cover which says "Margery Allingham writing as Maxwell ..."
Combined under the March name
Julia wrote: "And another one to combine:Black'erchief Dick
Black'erchief Dick 1923 Leather Bound
Black'erchief Dick
The third one is messed up - it looks as..."
Combined & cleaned up some
Mod
Fantastic, thanks Kathy!
Another to combine:Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
Thanks
Julia wrote: "Another to combine:Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse
Thanks"
Done :)
Hi,Would a librarian please correct the first published date of this book: And Green Grass Grows All Around by Marguerite Lyon.
It shows the first published date as 2007, when it should be 1942. Here is the WorldCat link with the right year.
https://www.worldcat.org/title/1336274
Thanks.
Janice wrote: "Hi,Would a librarian please correct the first published date of this book: And Green Grass Grows All Around by Marguerite Lyon.
It shows the first published date..."
Updated
Please can someone add the page numbers to this edition of the book Maps of Our Spectacular BodiesAmazon has it at 448 pages https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...
Can the length be added to this audio CD All the Days of SummerHere is the info from my local library catalog ...
https://encore.mcfls.org/iii/encore/r...
Length is 12h 45 min (so 13 hrs?)
Marie (UK) wrote: "Please can someone add the page numbers to this edition of the book Maps of Our Spectacular BodiesAmazon has it at 448 pages https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1......"
Pages added per WorldCat (384)
Book Concierge wrote: "Can the length be added to this audio CD All the Days of SummerHere is the info from my local library catalog ...
https://encore.mcfls.org/iii/encore/r......"
Added
Here's another audio record that needs length added.A Curious Beginning
Here is my library's record for this same ISBN: https://wplc.overdrive.com/media/3782981
If you click on "Details" you get the length shown as 10:57:27 (or ... 10:51:26) ... so 11 hours length
Thank you in advance.
Book Concierge wrote: "Here's another audio record that needs length added.A Curious Beginning
Here is my library's record for this same ISBN: https://wplc.overdrive.com/media/3782981
If you click on "..."
Done
could someone please correct the page numbers on this edition of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies given as 384 pages but I am holding the book now and it has 436 pages
Marie (UK) wrote: "could someone please correct the page numbers on this edition of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies given as 384 pages but I am holding the book now and it has 436 pages"I'm checking the WorldCat records and there may be an issue with how each country catalogs. Please answer the following questions so that I can try to resolve this...
1) is 436 the last printed page, or is there a blank page, etc. that actually has 437 printed?
2) is this a trade paperback (about 20-22 cm tall), as opposed to a mass market pb (about 17-19 cm tall)
3) is the publisher actually "Pan" or "Picador" (or are both found? which is on the title page and which on the reverse of the title page, if so)
Kathy KS wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "could someone please correct the page numbers on this edition of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies given as 384 pages but I am holding the book now and it has 436 p..."436 is the last printed and numbered page
It is 19cm tall
on title page it only says Picador on edition page it says fist published 2023 by Picador and below that
First published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
What is with all the wonky titles lately? Is this some sort of bot import?The Little Italian Hotel: Give your heart a holiday with the most charming, uplifting novel of summer 2023 from bestseller Phaedra Patrick
The "subtitle" listed for this edition should be deleted. Sheesh.
Thank you in advance.
Mod
A Loyal Character Dancer Paperback Qiu Xiaolong (author) (the blurb on this is also nonsensical)
When Red is Black: Inspector Chen 3
They also have additional greyscale information when viewed from "My Books" that shouldn't be there - it looks like a messed up series listing.
Screenshot of the problem here: https://imgur.com/a/lXFmfmh (I'm not sure why Imgur thinks it's NSFW, it's not)
If someone could fix that, it'd be appreciated. Thanks very much!
Marie (UK) wrote: "Kathy KS wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "could someone please correct the page numbers on this edition of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies given as 384 pages but I am holding the book now..."Updated
Book Concierge wrote: "What is with all the wonky titles lately? Is this some sort of bot import?[book:The Little Italian Hotel: Give your heart a holiday with the most charming, uplifting novel of summer 2023 from bes..."
Corrected.
It appears to me that these non-subtitle "subtitles" are added to Amazon records. I'm not sure it's by Amazon, the publisher, the author, or a seller; but, it happens frequently.
Jayne wrote: "I've noticed this issue recently myself too:A Loyal Character Dancer Paperback Qiu Xiaolong (author) (the blurb on this is also nonsensical)
[book:When Red is Black: Inspector Chen..."
Titles fixed
Hi.I've picked up a copy of The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46, which it seems to have been seperated from other editions of the same book. For example, the kindle version with the same cover here appears as one of the grouped editions: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio....
Could the one I've got be attached to the other editions of the book, as they have the MPGs, ratings, etc.
Thanks.
Trish wrote: "Hi.I've picked up a copy of The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46, which it seems to have been seperated from other editions of the same book. For example, the kindle version with the s..."
Done :)
Could a librarian please verify if this title/subtitle is loaded correctly?Margery Allingham's Albert Campion in: Mr Campion's Farewell
"Margery Allingham's Albert Campion in" as a title looks weird to me.
I would have expected either "Mr Campion's Farewell" (as the Black Thorn editions have) or "Margery Allingham's Albert Campion in Mr Campion's Farewell" as the full title without the colon.
Also, the copy I have with ISBN 9781847515087 has 278 pages but Goodreads has 288.
Thanks
Julia wrote: "Could a librarian please verify if this title/subtitle is loaded correctly?Margery Allingham's Albert Campion in: Mr Campion's Farewell
"Margery Allingham's Albert Campion in" as..."
Updated per WorldCat
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I have a copy in my hand and excluding author's notes etc. it has 354 pages. I need it for a task that requires a total of 600 pages for two books. The other one I am using has 291 pages, so I need this 300+ book to satisfy the requirements.
Thanks,
Andy