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message 1: by Sonsoles (new)

Sonsoles | 27 comments I just made that search and there is so many, with an "a" first, without... etc.


message 2: by Eva-Marie (new)

Eva-Marie Nevarez (evamarie3578) | 753 comments What are you asking?


message 3: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments I suspect what they mean is if you do a search on trees growing in Brooklyn results are returned

Tree grows in Brooklyn,
A Tree grows in Brooklyn.

Sonsoles - this is the way the book titles have been imported from source i.e. Amazon and Barnes and Noble.


message 4: by willaful (new)

willaful Okay, this situation is more of a mess than it appears.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

I added the "A", then realized that the author is "Maggie Smith" rather than the actual author "Betty Smith." I suspect this is an error, since the original added of the entry didn't provide any other information and I can't find any record of a Maggie Smith writing a book with that title. Any reason I shouldn't change the author and merge? Though since there is no info at all, it should probably be deleted.


message 5: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Yes, edit to Betty Smith and merge.


message 6: by willaful (new)

willaful Thanks - done.

I think that Betty Smith needs some work, btw - I'm pretty sure a lot of the books listed under her name are by a different author. I'll go post at the thread that's about that, since I wouldn't know how to do it.


message 7: by Sonsoles (new)

Sonsoles | 27 comments I don't know very well how to explain it, I made a search of "tree broklin" in the search engine and I had several... (without the ")


message 8: by willaful (new)

willaful Which spelling did you use? Perhaps there are some that are mispelled. I'll take a look.


message 9: by willaful (new)

willaful I found one more and fixed it. Not sure why it didn't come up the first time, but the search engine is baffling.


message 11: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
You are misspelling "Brooklyn", which forces the system to search at Amazon or B&N. Books show up individually then, regardless of how they show up here. There's also the actual novel v. Sparks Notes issue. Try this search instead.


message 12: by Sonsoles (new)

Sonsoles | 27 comments thanks so much for your help!!


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