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Could you add the original pub. date to Vol. 2....that will help me out with a different challenge....thanks again.
Yes, and done - sorry I didn't see that wasn't already there.
I am almost finished another book for Wallis and Futuna. Can it be added?Songs of Uvea and Futuna by Edwin Burrows.
Here’s the hathitrust link to the scanned version
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...
And the Worldcat record
https://www.worldcat.org/title/songs-...
Another date correction if possible .. . .The Life of Alexander Smith, Captain of the Island of Pitcairn: One of the Mutineers on Board His Majesty's Ship, Bounty by Alexander Smith
Should be 1816. See https://archive.org/details/lifeofale...
Thanks!
Mary wrote: "Another date correction if possible .. . .The Life of Alexander Smith, Captain of the Island of Pitcairn: One of the Mutineers on Board His Majesty's Ship, Bounty by [author:Alexa..."
Corrected to 1819, as per archive.org image.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "Another date correction if possible .. . .The Life of Alexander Smith, Captain of the Island of Pitcairn: One of the Mutineers on Board His Majesty's Ship, Bounty by ..."
Thanks!
Mary wrote: "I am almost finished another book for Wallis and Futuna. Can it be added?Songs of Uvea and Futuna by Edwin Burrows.
Here’s the hathitrust link to the scanned version
https://babel.hathitrust.o..."
Here ya go!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "I am almost finished another book for Wallis and Futuna. Can it be added?Songs of Uvea and Futuna by Edwin Burrows.
Here’s the hathitrust link to the scanned version
https://babel..."
Thanks!
Would a librarian be able to correct the date ofA Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland; The Adventures, Observations & Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas by M. Gehrts
This book was published in 1915. See https://www.worldcat.org/title/camera...
Thanks for the help!
Got it! (You're doing a good job on Togo!)
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Got it! (You're doing a good job on Togo!)"Thanks for all your help! I appreciate it!
I'm fairly sure GR librarians don't have any adjustments that they can employ for this...but I thought I would try to at least satisfy my curiosity. In the Seasonal Reading Challenge I was planning to post The Volcano, Montserrat and Me: Twenty years with an active volcano in a category that requires the MPG to include "Travel"...which this book DID when I slotted it for this task. Now, the book isn't showing any MPG genres. Why would that be?
Ed wrote: "I'm fairly sure GR librarians don't have any adjustments that they can employ for this...but I thought I would try to at least satisfy my curiosity. In the Seasonal Reading Challenge I was planning..."You're right, we don't have any control over that, and the answer as to why it wouldn't show genres is one I don't know. And that section is fluid, which is why here at RwS we allow you to lock in such things.
But does it have to be a MPG or can it just be shelved as? I can see the first review has a travel shelf, which is where the MPGs come from.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Ed wrote: "I'm fairly sure GR librarians don't have any adjustments that they can employ for this...but I thought I would try to at least satisfy my curiosity. In the Seasonal Reading Challenge I w..."They are requiring that it be the MPG. The SRC also permits one to lock in the MPG...but I didn't think I was at risk on this one... ugh!
But thanks for getting back to me. Maybe I'll wait a while and see if the MPGs show up again.
Ed wrote: "Maybe I'll wait a while and see if the MPGs show up again. "In my experience they probably will! :)
I am looking at reading this book for French Guiana. I am not sure whether the publication date is 2012 or 1929? Thanks for the help. Outrage: An Anarchist Memoir of the Penal Colony by Clément Duval
According to wikipedia, it was originally published in 1929 in French. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clément.... The English translation was published in 2012. See Reference number 2 of the wikipedia article.
Mary wrote: "I am looking at reading this book for French Guiana. I am not sure whether the publication date is 2012 or 1929? Thanks for the help. [book:Outrage: An Anarchist Memoir of the Penal Colony|132278..."
I have changed the original pub date to 1929.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "I am looking at reading this book for French Guiana. I am not sure whether the publication date is 2012 or 1929? Thanks for the help. [book:Outrage: An Anarchist Memoir of the Penal ..."
Thank you!
Cold Comfort by Charles ToddCould a librarian look at this and determine page count? There are two electronic versions at about 100 pages and one paper edition listed on Goodreads without pages. Thanks for the help
Mary wrote: "Cold Comfort by Charles ToddCould a librarian look at this and determine page count? There are two electronic versions at about 100 pages and one paper edition listed..."
I find only the 2 digital editions both of which have 100 pages. (The edition without a cover was a duplicate without any details and it is being merged.)
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "Cold Comfort by Charles ToddCould a librarian look at this and determine page count? There are two electronic versions at about 100 pages and one paper e..."
Thanks Elizabeth. Since it is exactly 100 pages can it be used for RWS?
Yes, 100 pages works for all tasks (unless otherwise stated in the task description).
Oops, just went to mark this as read, and it seems the MPE has changed and is now an edition that has less than 100 pages! So the question is moot. . . .I am not sure what the date should be for Matilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
It was written in 1819 but not published until 1959. Please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathild...
Thanks!
Mary wrote: "Oops, just went to mark this as read, and it seems the MPE has changed and is now an edition that has less than 100 pages! So the question is moot. . . .I am not sure what the date should be for ..."
I'm sorry Mary. I cannot see where the page count for this edition has changed recently. As it has more than twice the ratings of the next edition it would surprise me if the MPE has changed very recently. But I checked worldcat as our go to source for reliable page counts to see if I could help, and unfortunately it shows just 92 pages for this edition. I'm not very much help this time.
EDIT: Ahhh. I think I see what may have happened. The editions needing combining as there were two (or more) works. That last happened on July 23.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "Oops, just went to mark this as read, and it seems the MPE has changed and is now an edition that has less than 100 pages! So the question is moot. . . .I am not sure what the date s..."
Thanks for the help . . . It may have been wishful thinking on my part! Good read, regardless of whether it « counts »!
Here is an odd book that works for 30.1 Countries project But there are issues with the book listing and page count that may disqualify it as too short. Can a librarian take a look and let me know what you think?Narrative of the Wreck of the 'Favorite' on the Island of Desolation by John Nunn
1. I have a scanned copy of the book from the Hathi Trust https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i... which has 227 pages of numbered text plus advertising etc at the end
2. The Goodreads record shows 66 pages which looks like it was picked up from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/123...
The listed ISBN links to https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-wrec... which has 276 pages
3. Worldcat shows the original 1850 edition and fairly recent reprints all with 236+ pages
4. Also the author appears to be the wrong John Nunn ( bio says he id a current chess expert).
Thanks for the help.
There are things wrong there, like the author which I can fix, but I can't change the page count. This ISBN (not the hardcover) is the MPE. I don't have a better source than Amazon for that edition.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "There are things wrong there, like the author which I can fix, but I can't change the page count. This ISBN (not the hardcover) is the MPE. I don't have a better source than Amazon for that edition."Thanks for taking a look. I figured it might be a problem, but it never hurts to ask since it looked so odd compared to the actual book.
Always OK to ask. I do question that it is a facsimile when the original has more pages, but there is nothing I can do about that absent a copy in hand.
Would someone be able to correct the listing for:The Hound of the BaskervillesThe description (and Wikipedia) say it was published in 1902, but the GR fine print says 1901!
Valerie wrote: "Would someone be able to correct the listing for:The Hound of the BaskervillesThe description (and Wikipedia) say it was published in 1902, but the GR fine print says 1901!"
Done
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Would someone be able to correct the listing for:The Hound of the BaskervillesThe description (and Wikipedia) say it was published in 1902, but the GR fine print says ..."
Thanks!
Could a librarian review the publication date for Japanese girls and women by Alice Mabel BaconI think it should be 1891. Thanks
Mary wrote: "Could a librarian review the publication date for Japanese girls and women by Alice Mabel BaconI think it should be 1891. Thanks"
Yes, 1891, and thanks. Have corrected the GR entry.
Not that it makes a difference to style points, but the perfectionist side of me can’t ignore that I think that the Goodreads recorded publication date of a book I just finished may be incorrect. Coronation Everest has its original publication date listed as 1970. However I noticed the copyright information in my edition states copyright 1958. I have also found a listing at Worldcat showing an edition published in 1958: https://www.worldcat.org/title/corona...
Would a librarian mind checking and updating this if needed. Thank you!
Bryony wrote: "Not that it makes a difference to style points, but the perfectionist side of me can’t ignore that I think that the Goodreads recorded publication date of a book I just finished may be incorrect. ..."
Thank you. Yes, 1958 is correct. Feel free to report any such discrepancies. Working to make the catalog right is what GRs volunteer librarians do.
I just finished Thrive and one of the authors, Erin Jones, is some one I know. The Author that is linked on the page as a Goodreads author is a different Erin Jones. The Erin Jones I know does not have a Goodreads author page or account. I searched high and low in the librarians group, but could not find a way to remedy this. Does anyone else know? She will be coming out with her own book August 1st and I'd love to promote it on Goodreads (just in general, not in groups).Also, I added the book to a number of listopias today, but they don't show up on the book's homepage. Do you know what it takes for those listopias to show up?
If no one knows without spending time finding out, no worries, I'll just pursue it on the librarian's page.
Goodreads disambiguates authors by putting additional spaces in the name. I moved her to the 3-space profile. Erin^^^Jones where ^ is a space, but the names appear normally on the page.If her own book is imported from Amazon, it will come to the 1-space profile and will need to be moved. However, if the ISBN or ASIN is known before release, the book page can be set up with the 3-space name and the import won't touch it.
As to the listopia question, the book page is heavily cached. I think some changes take 24- to 48-hours to appear, but I don't know about listopia specifically.
Thank you so much, Elizabeth. I'm going to be trying to encourage her to have an author page, but she is a very busy lady. It always amazes me how many readers I run into who are not on Goodreads (or any other bookish platform) when I spend so much time here discovering books!
Karen Michele, she does have an author page now that Elizabeth has set it up. She can claim it for her own by finding the spot on the page where it asks if this is you...
Bea wrote: "Karen Michele, she does have an author page now that Elizabeth has set it up. She can claim it for her own by finding the spot on the page where it asks if this is you..."Yes, I am going to let her know about it later today and see if she wants to claim it. Either way, her new book can be there with the right author!
I would like an author bio added for Deepa AnapparaHere is her website
https://www.deepa-anappara.com/about
I’d also like to lock in Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line MPG mystery- crime
Thanks!
Rebekah wrote: "I would like an author bio added for Deepa AnapparaHere is her website
https://www.deepa-anappara.com/about
I’d also like to lock in [book:Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line|5328888..."
Done.
I am interested in this short story: Drenched in Light by Zora Neale Hurston, but this listing doesn't have any useful info for our purposes(!). It was originally published in "Opportunity", December 1924. My version has 10 pages.
Valerie wrote: "I am interested in this short story: Drenched in Light by Zora Neale Hurston, but this listing doesn't have any useful info for our purposes(!). It was originally p..."
Do you have a copy published separately from an anthology or magazine?
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I am interested in this short story: Drenched in Light by Zora Neale Hurston, but this listing doesn't have any useful info for our purposes(!). It ..."
No.
That is unfortunate. A quick Google search didn't show that there was one and I was hoping you could show me Google was wrong this time. I think this is one that should be marked Not a Book on Goodreads.But save it to read another time. We will offer that task "Choose Your Own Collection" again in the future and you can read it then.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "That is unfortunate. A quick Google search didn't show that there was one and I was hoping you could show me Google was wrong this time. I think this is one that should be marked Not a Book on Good..."Ok. I'm grasping at straws for a short story for this season's 10.1.
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And done. Calculated at 550 pages, and that agrees with the edition with the dust cover.