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combining with incorrect edition: ugh!
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That would be my suggestion.
These things happen, even when we're careful.
Tsk tsk! If this keep up we may have to revoke your Top Librarian Status :-)Unfortunately it happens. Librarians are only human, or so rumor has it...
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And I know the same is true of you. :)
Rivka, Thank you, and I do know that is true; I wouldn't do it otherwise. What fun would it be then?! We, and all the librarians, have done a lot. When I think of all those uncombined editions that prevented all of us from being able to much use that compare books with other members feature. That alone! Not to mention all the other tasks librarians do to improve Goodreads.
So, some member added a hardcover edition identical to the one that already existed in the database so I combined it with the 2 existing editions (see above) and I thought that the hardcover edition had more ratings than the audio edition (but it was the to be deleted hardcover edition that had the most ratings and the audio had the second most, alas!) so those ratings/to-reads/currently readings that were on the non-ISBN hardcover edition went (ack sorry!) to the audio. (Because I did not separate out the 2 hardcover editions and then combine them before deleting and then combine the remaining one again.)
It's a new book and not that many people have it yet.
I first put a note in the description field but it was so long one had to scroll down to see the book description so I took it off.
Has any other librarian made this error? Any suggestions on what to do now?
My tendency right now is to let people find it for themselves and change editions, but I could add back a note or message all those I can reach who might be affected.