wrong ISBN

[papalbina]

these two books are basically the same, in the second one the ISBN is missing the 9 at the beginning.

right ISBN: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83...
wrong ISBN: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80...

is it possible to delete the one with the wrong ISBN??

[Iluzija]

only super can do it because it has 5 or more reviews. I edited it so it can be merged, and merged it so now, when deleted, reviews will be transferred to the right one :D

[Paula]

Have deleted and sorted out author spelling

[papalbina]

thanks

[Peter]

This edition of The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle appears to have the wrong ISBN. When searching by ISBN, the ISBN 0719503957 (ISBN13: 9780719503955) comes back to a different edition, published by John Murray Publishers Ltd (cf. http://www.amazon.com/Life-Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/0719503957/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320654850&sr=8-1). That edition has ISBN 0719503957 (ISBN-13: 978-0719503955).

ISBN 1125891130 (ISBN-13: 978-1125891131) comes back to the 1949 edition published by Harper & Brothers (cf. http://www.amazon.com/Life-Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/B0006D6VXQ/ref=tmm_hrd_title_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1320654850&sr=8-1).

What is the best way to fix this or get it fixed? It has 1 rating.

[Peter]

Peter wrote: "This edition of The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle appears to have the wrong ISBN."

Is it permissible to edit the ISBN of a book if everything else about the book matches a different edition with its own ISBN?

Should the edition that matches the entered ISBN be added to the database with the correct data as well?

Thanks.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Peter wrote: "Is it permissible to edit the ISBN of a book if everything else about the book matches a different edition with its own ISBN?"

Please do not. You may create an alternate-cover edition.

[Peter]

rivka wrote: "Peter wrote: "Is it permissible to edit the ISBN of a book if everything else about the book matches a different edition with its own ISBN?"

Please do not. You may create an alternate-cover edition."

What about the wrong publisher issue?

There is also a difference in pagination.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Do you physically own either edition? On what basis are you assuming the information is incorrect?

[Peter]

rivka wrote: "Do you physically own either edition? On what basis are you assuming the information is incorrect?"

I own the Harper and Brothers edition. It matches the data on Amazon.

There were editions published by both publishers in 1949, which is where I assume that the error crept in.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Ah, if you have the actual book in front of you, then go ahead and make the correction.

[Peter]

Done. It turns the opposite error also existed. Fixed both.