Help with how to handle uncorrected advance reading copies

[Akemi Joy]

Hi. I'm a fairly new librarian.
I have an uncorrected advance reading copy that doesn't have a separate ISBN. Its ISBN is the one for the hardcover edition. Do I just treat it as the hardcover edition when adding it to My Books? Or do I make an alternate cover/edition entry for it? Or is there another Goodreads standard practice that I should follow?
Thanks!

[Isabella]

Hi Akemi,

use the ISBN of the hardcover and treat the book as the hardcover edition. Advance reading copy is the same book, you just got it early.

[Akemi Joy]

Thanks, Isabella!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Akemi Joy wrote: "Or do I make an alternate cover/edition entry for it?"

Actually, this is the most common practice. It's not required, of course -- if you prefer to just list the regular hardcover on your shelves, that's fine. But be careful not to edit the hardcover with any edition that is specific to the ARC.

[Akemi Joy]

Thanks, rivka! I was actually leaning toward your solution originally... since the binding of the ARC is technically different than the regular hardcover. I will definitely make sure I'm not editing the hardcover edition with information about the ARC.