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America Since 1945: Penquin Academic Edition (Penguin Academics)
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Josh Liller (joshism) | 5 comments The Goodreads entry for "Ambitious Visions, Embattled Dreams" shows a 2009 publication, but lists the ISBN and cover image associated with this 2011 edition titled "America Since 1945" that I have in my hand:
www.amazon.com/America-Since-1945-Aca...

The 2011 edition also has a significantly different page count.

To further complicate matters, both books above are essentially different editions of this book which also has a slightly different title:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78...

I think this needs to be cleaned up by all 3 books being different editions of a single book, but I haven't been able to figure out how to add a new edition of an existing book nor if having different titles will cause an issue. Guidance appreciated.


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Cait (tigercait) | 4988 comments This sounds like you need to create an alternate cover edition.

Once that's done, you can combine them using the "combine editions" link. It doesn't matter at all what the titles are for this, but each edition has to have the same primary author.


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Caro | 177 comments I think this line applies, but if not please direct me to the right one.

I have a book on my shelves that I found and changed the title to the right one. Now, I have found that this book as two ISBNs. The same edition/cover for that both isbns. These are the books:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99...

The first book has the psuedo (did i spell that right?) author name for the second. The book's author is Ann Major, every time I look it up that the result, but the Margaret Major Cleaves is her aka.

The first isbn (9780671535834) is listed here: http://www.fictiondb.com/author/ann-m... and the second isbn (9780373535835) is listed here: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/a... at the bottom. Both look like they are the silhouette special edition #83.

Can anyone help me here, are they supposed to be listed like that, or does the one under 'margaret' need to be changed so the author is ann major and still the 'special edition' edition?

Sorry for the confusion, hope that was understandable.


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Violetta | 477 comments Re: message 3

Since she publishes off her pseudonym, Ann Major, and it is the name that appears on the cover, I went ahead and changed it, and added the book cover.


message 5: by Caro (new)

Caro | 177 comments thanks bunches


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