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Book & Author Page Issues > I think this book is a VHS tape set -- what to do?

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message 1: by [deleted user] (new)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67...

Both WorldCat (and amazon) show this to be a video series. What do I do about it?


message 2: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Change the title and the author to NOT A BOOK all items that are not books are stored here.

GR have a plan to deal with these now that Amazon will no longer import them.


message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Thanks!


message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

I looked in the librarian manual -- it's only necessary to change the author to NOT A BOOK. The title remains unchanged.


message 5: by The Elusive (new)

The Elusive (fridelain) | 17 comments Jeannette wrote: "I looked in the librarian manual -- it's only necessary to change the author to NOT A BOOK. The title remains unchanged."

True, but it's useful to change it too. For instance, if there is both a movie and a book with the same title, it avoids confusion and makes finding the book easier.


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

But, if I change the title to "NOT A BOOK" then the title info is gone, and we'd have all sorts of books titled and authored by "NOT A BOOK." This "book" in particular is a video cooking series, and people shelved it as a book. So, it's not a film adaptation.


message 7: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Roberto wrote: "For instance, if there is both a movie and a book with the same title, it avoids confusion and makes finding the book easier."

Books with the author NOT A BOOK do not come up as search results. I have been against wiping out the title info from the creation of the NOT A BOOK "author", and still am.


message 8: by The Elusive (new)

The Elusive (fridelain) | 17 comments Books with the author NOT A BOOK do not come up as search results. I have been against wiping out the title info from the creation of the NOT A BOOK "author", and still am.
My bad, sorry.


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