Combining two editions

[Hayley]

Hi there, I'm only a new librarian and it seems I need some help initially.

I've just noticed a duplicate in my library:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
and
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98...

I tried to combine them but it won't give me the choice, indicating that one is an edition of the other. However I can still view them separately and they are listed as a duplicate in my library, with different urls. It's also strange as they share SOME data, ie. most of the reviews are the same, but not all data is identical.

Would a more experienced librarian take a look and suggest what the problem may be?

Thank you! (And sorry if this has been asked a million times before.)

[Sandra]

The 2 books listed above are already combined.

You have clicked on both and added them to your shelf. To remove one is easy. You can remove either one from your shelf list or on the book edit page.

The easiest way to remove the selected edition is from your list and to go to the extreme right and click on the little ghosted x.

[Hayley]

Oh thanks, I've never come across that before. Removing one seems to have fixed the problem as now my review is showing up on both editions when it wasn't before. Won't make that mistake again!

Thank you.

[Lydia]

Question: I have a book which has a Kindle edition, but I read a print edition. I tried to add the print addition but it says an ISBN and a ASIN cannot exist at the same time. However, the print edition has the number of pages (which is what was needed). Can I in some way have both versions listed?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Lydia, please don't edit the kindle edition to add the print edition's ISBN. What book is this?

[Dennis]

So I'm an idiot. We'll start there.

I added both of these so that the info for both would be available, but I did it wrong, and I can't combine them now.

Can someone help me out? They are the print, and kindle version of the same book.

-Dennis (not so bright, evidently)


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

You didn't do it wrong. They have to be combined after the second one is created -- which I took care of.

[Dennis]

Does it then combine all the reviews, ratings, stats and such? (I could have sworn I'd done it totally wrong.)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Yup. That happens anytime you combine editions of a book.