Broken links?

[Dierdra]

Is there a way for librarians to fix broken links? For example when you click on amazon for a kindle book but it is a broken link.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Example, please?

[Dierdra]

ok, this book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/84... when you click on Online stores and Amazon it comes up with


Looking for something?
We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site

Go to Amazon.com's Home Page

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Looks like that edition is no longer available. But it was: http://www.amazon.com/Taken-ebook/sim...

Librarians can't fix that because there's nothing to fix.

[Christine]

re:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

Is there any way that the current Barnes & Noble link can be changed to the one below? Right now when you click on the book it takes you to the home page at B&N. I have been looking for a few hours for options to do this myself but I can't find the info.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/burni...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

The ISBN of that edition is not how it's listed on B&N. I added another edition that has the B&N ID and linked them.

[Christine]

Thanks Rivka - it is still not showing as combined on my screen though and it won't let me do it

[rivka, Former Moderator]

If they both show up as editions of the same work, like this, then they are combined.

[Christine]

They don't show up like that. There is a pic of the main book with the B&N button then way off to the right side is a small pic that says other editions. The B&N link still does not go to the book on their website.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

They do show up like that, if you follow the "other editions" link. If you click on the edition with the B&N ID# -- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13... -- its B&N link works just fine.

You have two editions because you are using two ID numbers: the standard ISBN13, and the special B&N-specific ISBN13 that starts with a 294.

[Christine]

ok Rivka - I appreciate you trying to help. It still has the option to 'combine' next to the 2nd edition and it still does not show up as you have in your link above. I guess I will just have to hope that if someone clicks on the book to buy it they either have the patience to look for it on the B&N website or go back to the main page and find the 2nd edition.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Christine wrote: "It still has the option to 'combine'"

That shows for every book in the database. It takes librarians to the combine page for the primary author of the book, even if that author only has a single work which has all been combined.

The editions have been combined. Unless there are other editions to be added, there is no additional combining that can be done.