Librarian help - Requests to add page numbers, publication year, Prize Worthy, etc.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Anika wrote: "Help! ... I think I should also be able to claim points for oldies, but the publish date is 1995. Bell first published her translation in 1897. Or can I claim the dates that Hafiz penned the poetry in the 14th century? "

I set the original publication date as 1375. He penned these over a lifetime, so exact date uncertain, but that gets you the full 25 oldies points.

[Anika]

Thank you so much!

[Anika]

Assistance on another book of poetry, please: Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations...this collection of letters, essays and poems was first published in 1975, but author died in 1926.

[Liz M]

Anika wrote: "Assistance on another book of poetry, please: Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations...this collection of letters, essays and poems was first published in 1975, but a..."

For collections, the publication date typically is the published date of the most recent item in the collection. Can you provide more information on which specific works are included in this book?

[Anika]

Barring the introduction essays by the translator (1976)... the poetry and prose is selected from throughout Rilke's career though the most recent item was an excerpt from his notebooks, dated two weeks before his death in 1926.

[Rebekah]

This book was on the Scotia Giller prize list. It says it was fist published Nov 2012. Have I been asleep and missed a whole year?!
This Cake Is for the Party

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Ha! Thanks, Rebekah. That's probably a US publication date, but I've fixed the original pub date.

[Melanie]

Hi! I'm wondering about the publication date for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest...Goodreads says 2000, but Wikipedia says it was published posthumously in 2007, and I've seen 2009/2010 elsewhere (though I think this is the English version). Help, please? Thank you!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Melanie wrote: "Hi! I'm wondering about the publication date for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest...Goodreads says 2000, but Wikipedia says it was published posthumously in 2007, and I've seen 2009/2010 elsew..."

Liz got this one - chenged to 2007.

[Rosemary]

I've changed the dates on Circe and Not Wisely But Too Well

Christine, do you have any kind of plot summary on the back of your copy of Not Wisely But Too Well that you could type in and we could add in the description? I just put something from Wikipedia but it is more about the publication history than the plot.

[El]

I'm confused with the publication date of The Woman and the Puppet. It says in the description "One of the great novels about obsessive love, The Woman and The Puppet was first published in France in 1898" and but it is listed as 'first published November 30th 1912'.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Eleanor wrote: "I'm confused with the publication date of The Woman and the Puppet. It says in the description "One of the great novels about obsessive love, The Woman and The Puppet was first published in France ..."

Fixed this, thanks for letting us know.

[Anika]

I was putting together a second alphabet song and found For Her Good Estate: The Life of Elizabeth de Burgh by Frances A. Underhill. Goodreads has the publication date listed as 2000, but in the book itself which I am holding in my lap, it has a copyright dated of 1999 ("First edition: December 1999).

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I changed it. Is the edition you have the same as one that is in the GR database? Wondering if we need to add another edition.

[El]

Lair of the White Worm has an original publication date of 1909, but the url linked on the book says 1911 and all info that I can get via google also says first published in 1911.

[Rosemary]

I guess someone has got that, it says 1911 now :)

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Eleanor wrote: "Lair of the White Worm has an original publication date of 1909, but the url linked on the book says 1911 and all info that I can get via google also says first published in 1911."

Thanks, Eleanor - got the change done.

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

I don't know if the Librarian is the one to ask. But I can't find a birth place or year for T.R. Reid. The bios say that he is American but that doesn't necessarily mean that he was born in the US. And I haven't found anything that gives his age.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

itpdx wrote: "I don't know if the Librarian is the one to ask. But I can't find a birth place or year for T.R. Reid. The bios say that he is American but that doesn't necessarily mean that he was born in the U..."

The GR link you provided says he was born in the United States. Perhaps he wishes to retain his privacy as to age. His list of publications at wiki indicate a greater than 20 year publishing career. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.R._Rei...

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

Funny, I was busy reading the fine print and missed the obvious. It looks like he served in Vietnam Nam after college which would make him over 60 but I guess that I won't claim that combo because I can't find anything to confirm that. Interestingly enough he is running for the Colorado legislature but if he gets elected he won't start serving until after the challenge.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

itpdx wrote: "Funny, I was busy reading the fine print and missed the obvious. It looks like he served in Vietnam Nam after college which would make him over 60 but I guess that I won't claim that combo because..."

I would think his bio/birth might be available with election stuff, then. Might check Colorado Elections.

[Peter]

I am currently reading Peter Plemming's "News from Tartary" and your system does not know how many pages are in this book - the copy I have (ISBN 1-84341-003-6) is 389 pages long + INDEX up to page 394. Could someone, please, update the goodreads database entry for this book?

[Rosemary]

Peter wrote: "I am currently reading Peter Plemming's "News from Tartary" and your system does not know how many pages are in this book - the copy I have (ISBN 1-84341-003-6) is 389 pages long + INDEX up to page..."

I have done that, but if you want to let us know the publisher, year of publication of this edition and hardback or paperback, that could be added too.

It's Peter Fleming by the way, older brother of the James Bond author Ian Fleming. Looks like an interesting book!

[Karen Michele]

I have a link to the December 21, 2007 original publication date for:

Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis by Ali Smith

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/a...

Thanks,
Karen

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Karen GHHS wrote: "I have a link to the December 21, 2007 original publication date for:

Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis by Ali Smith

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/a...

Thanks,
Karen"

I had a hard time with this because the book you linked to said it was published in November 2007. So I went to the publisher, and, indeed, the original publication date is November 1, 2007.

http://www.canongate.tv/girl-meets-bo...

[Peter]

Rosemary wrote: "Peter wrote: "I am currently reading Peter Plemming's "News from Tartary" and your system does not know how many pages are in this book - the copy I have (ISBN 1-84341-003-6) is 389 pages long + IN..."

Thanks for that! I have since become a Goodreads librarian and I was able to update the publisher, etc. myself.

It certainly *is* an interesting read, by the way :-)

[Karen Michele]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Karen GHHS wrote: "I have a link to the December 21, 2007 original publication date for:

Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis by Ali Smith

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/a......"

Oh, phooey - I guess it wasn't a good solution after all - sorry! Back to checking the publisher site and other places for my books!

[Karen Michele]

Can this edition of Silent House be added to Goodreads?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_...

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Karen GHHS wrote: "Can this edition of Silent House be added to Goodreads?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_..."

Which edition? the amazon link is for lots of editions.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

sorry, I was being dense. It already is in the database, here: Silent House

[Karen Michele]

Sorry: this one:

978-0307700285

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Yes, got it. The problem was the edition you linked needed to be combined with all of the other editions. I think I got that.

[Karen Michele]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, got it. The problem was the edition you linked needed to be combined with all of the other editions. I think I got that."

Thank you, that cover looks much nicer on my Goodreads list;)

[Cory Day]

Goodreads doesn't have an original publication date for the listing for The Dutchman Died, and Other Tales of Pittsburgh's Southside, so I'd appreciate its being updated. My copy and the research I've done has it as 1955. There are two ISBN numbers listed - 0-8229-3726-3 and 0-8229-5483-4 (pbk.). The page number (135) listed matches my copy. Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Cory (Bigler) '00-'05 wrote: "Goodreads doesn't have an original publication date for the listing for The Dutchman Died, and Other Tales of Pittsburgh's Southside, so I'd appreciate its being updated. My copy and the research I..."

Got it!

[Cory Day]

Thanks!

[Rebekah]

For the LLL sub challenge, I am reading my second book. I went by Goodreads description which said first pub in 1983. However I learned that was the first Pelican paperback edition. It was actually first pub in 1956.
It doesn't mess up the order I have my books listed, but wanted to let you know.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rebekah wrote: "For the LLL sub challenge, I am reading my second book. I went by Goodreads description which said first pub in 1983. However I learned that was the first Pelican paperback edition. It was actually..."

What book is it - I can fix that.

ETA: Got it!

[Rebekah]

The Voodoo Queen by Robert Tallant
I can't believe I didn't even say which book it was!

[Rebekah]

Another prob.
I've just finished Miramar by Naguib Mafouz.
Here si the link to the most popular edition Miramar but it is not in English. In fact I'm hang trouble finding a link to an English version. My book is published by Doubleday, Anchor Books paperback. The cover is the same. I did find it on the link to the Brooklyn library that is the same edition I read.

[Rebekah]

Here is the ISBN 0-385-26478-x

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Rebekah wrote: "Here is the ISBN 0-385-26478-x"

You will need to provide more information than that for me to be able to add your edition. There is a Doubleday edition in the list for that book. In any case, the information we will use the is the most popular English language edition.

[Liz M]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "Here is the ISBN 0-385-26478-x"

You will need to provide more information than that for me to be able to add your edition. There is a Doubleday edition in the list for that book. I..."

The ISBN Rebekah provided IS for the most popular English language edition. It was mistakenly labeled as an Arabic-language edition. I have corrected that & edited the page numbers to match worldcat's information, as well as adding an English-language summary.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Thanks for sorting that Liz. Obviously, I thought she needed her edition added.

[Rebekah]

Thank you, Ladies

[Karen Michele]

I have a book that I'm looking at for the spring sub challenge and I believe its correct publication date is 1999. My book is a first edition and it is a 1999 copyright. Wikipedia lists 1999 as does Fantastic Fiction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Copp...

Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

There is conflicting information on the author's Wikipedia page, but I agree 1999 appears to be correct. I have corrected the GR book page.

[Karen Michele]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "There is conflicting information on the author's Wikipedia page, but I agree 1999 appears to be correct. I have corrected the GR book page."

I was still worrying about this one, so I checked and saw that BPL also lists 1999 as the original date, so I think it's truly correct. Thanks!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Karen GHHS wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "There is conflicting information on the author's Wikipedia page, but I agree 1999 appears to be correct. I have corrected the GR book page."

I was still worrying about t..."

The reason I went with that is because wiki referenced another title as his "first YA" novel pub 1996. So 1995 conflicted with that statement. It was more likely that the 1995 was a typo, as the other could not have been one.

[Kathleen (itpdx)]

Goodreads does not show an original publication date for 36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan. If I am interpreting my copy correctly in should be 1993. Could you verify, please?