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Please delete this book! (pt. 12)
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vicki_girl
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May 10, 2012 08:46AM
Got 463.
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This one looks weird: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13... an untitled book the author has yet to read himself. Maybe added as a mistake? What's the GR policy on this?
Ninja Neko wrote: "This one looks weird: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13... an untitled book the author has yet to read himself. Maybe added as a mistake? What's the GR policy on this?"You might want to take a look at his blog, here: http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_....
I think this may be his forthcoming work.
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Re 464/465, I suspect Peter is right. Regardless, we allow forthcoming books, and I see no reason the author having shelved it as to-read (which is odd, I agree) should change that.
I'm getting an error message for this when I tried to add the bookcover: So, I'm not sure if this is the right link:page unavailable
An unexpected error occurred. We will investigate this problem as soon as possible — please check back soon!
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
It is this book, without the cover, that needs to be deleted.
But keep the others.
Thanks!
Looks like these two need to go...http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Lisa Kay wrote: "I'm getting an error message for this when I tried to add the bookcover: page unavailable
An unexpected error occurred. We will investigate this problem as soon as possible — please check back ..."
Do you know the ISBN or title since those links do not work
Paula wrote: "Lisa Kay wrote: "I'm getting an error message for this when I tried to add the bookcover: page unavailable
An unexpected error occurred. We will investigate this problem as soon as possible — p..."
The link says the title is feeling-the-heat
Can a super delete these two:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98...
I've combined them with the proper versions.
Got 478: I separated them again and combined with editions matching the title and language before merging.
Carol wrote: "Please can you delete these two books from my author profile. Thank you.http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show..."
I deleted the first one, but for the second, you need a super librarian.
Carol wrote: "Please can you delete these two books from my author profile. Thank you.http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show..."
Are these books not yours, and you want them assigned to the correct author, or are you asking for them to be deleted for some reason?
Note: We usually do not delete existing books, especially if they have been published.
Paula wrote: "Do you know the ISBN or title since those links do not work..."Yes. 0373731620
On request by the author the following books need to be deleted as soon as possible. They're fanfictions which is the reason for the author's request:At least two of them need a super, I think.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Thanks a lot. :)
karlakolumna wrote: "On request by the author the following books need to be deleted as soon as possible. They're fanfictions which is the reason for the author's request:At least two of them need a super, I think.
..."
I hope one of the supers will follow up my comment, but, so you get a quick response, here goes.
Generally, any book that has been published is not deleted from the database, especially if it has been shelved by users as these have.
Think of it like a library. Books are not usually pulled from the shelves at the authors request.
There is fanfiction in the database already.
Maybe one of the supers can put this better.
Carol wrote: "Hi Peter,Both books are mine but I would like to focus my Goodreads author profile on my fiction works only.
I have now separated them. Thank you."
We do not delete books from the database once they have been published. Users want to rate and review any and all books they have read.
Peter wrote: "I hope one of the supers will follow up my comment..."According to the manual, "fanfiction which is self-published in book format" is allowed. Now, this raises multiple questions as to what constitutes "self-published" and "book format", but that is a discussion for another thread. Since I am not familiar with these works, I am going to leave them alone for now.
Peter wrote: "Generally, any book that has been published is not deleted from the database, especially if it has been shelved by users as these have.Think of it like a library. Books are not usually pulled from the shelves at the authors request.
There is fanfiction in the database already."
Yeah, I know that and personally I think it would be sad to see these gone since I was the one who added them in the first place. But the author specifically contacted me and wants them to be taken down asap, though.
He is "not comfortable with them being on here at all. They are works of fanfiction, and as a result, he has zero interest in being in any sort of legal trouble because of copyright infringement. It has no place on GoodReads, which is an excellent website for people to recommend and promote published works."
Maybe it was my fault to add them to the database without getting the permission from the author to do so first (which I really didn't know was necessary to do in adavance)...
It is fanfiction, and I know that there's enough fanfic listed here, but one might argue that goodreads is not the place for said work. I don't know.
Unfortunately, that doesn't change that the author, very strongly, insists on them being deleted...
Can't you really delete this series to avoid further argumentation and discomfort on the author's part?
Again, thank you all for the fast replies and help. :)
This book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...is a duplicate of this book, which I've made sure is correct: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87...
Please delete the first, thanks!
Hey everyone, me again.I was asked to forward the following message by Footloose, the author of the aforementioned books that he wants to be removed:
Hi Karla,
I have contacted them via their contacts form and explained the situation. I have also advised them that according to their own guidelines, they HAVE to take it down, in that:
1) The LM series is not published and will never be published
2) It is not completed
3) It is a crowdsourcing editing project
http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/22...
According to this, they have to remove that.
I am not a member of the group so cannot post, but would appreciate if you emphasized this point.
Thanks.
[Btw, this is me emphasising the point--as requested. ;)]
The last book has already been deleted, since it didn't need a super for that to happen.
So, we're talking about the 3 remaining books:
- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Again: I'm very sorry for all the trouble. And I am just the messenger. :) Thanks.
This is really a GR and rivka decision and the supers will probably wait for rivka to rule :)- that said1) offering up ff on a website is considered published by GR
2) If it is not completed then it should not be added GR
3) Should not matter
Paula wrote: "This is really a GR and rivka decision and the supers will probably wait for rivka to rule :)- that said1) offering up ff on a website is considered published by GR
2) If it is not completed then..."
What or who is "rivka"? Sorry, I'm not all that familiar with the behind-the-scenes-processes (and the like) at GR. :)
Regarding 2): Really? I didn't know that, after all there's plenty of fanfiction or free-online-reads that are works in progress here on goodreads. I guess that's all "wrongly added" then?
I'll keep it in mind. Although, after all this toing and froing I'm positively sure that I'll never again add any book to the goodreads database. It is really not worth all the trouble...
karlakolumna wrote: "What or who is "rivka"? "I like to think of rivka as our Head Librarian. She is usually the final arbiter for difficult decisions.
karlakolumna wrote: "after all this toing and froing I'm positively sure that I'll never again add any book to the goodreads database. It's is really not worth all the trouble..."
I hope you reconsider. It's not all that often that we run into any trouble like you seem to have done. You seem to have gotten in the middle, between the author and GR. When I'm put in that kind of position, I usually request, politely as possible, that the person with the problem directly address to place they have a problem with. (In other words, I would have suggested to the author that they contact GR directly about the problem.)
Maybe, with a little luck, Footloose will join the author program, or at least claim his profile so he can handle these things himself.
Mod
While in general we don't delete books that have been published, fanfiction is enough of a a legal grey area that IF AND ONLY IF the author requests its removal, we generally do so. (There can be legal reasons why an author must so request.)
I got those.
Could you please delete the following book. I think I accidently created this on my phone while adding books. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...The book is actually "Hit List" by Chris Ryan, and there is already an entry for the book.
The ISBN is legitimate - I have updated the details
Fran wrote: "This book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...is a duplicate of this book, which I've made sure is correct: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87......"
One of those used to be an alternate cover edition. I have added the alternate cover back.
NOTE: I could not tell which edition had which cover previously (the edit log did not seem to go back far enough), so I changed the cover on the one with fewer reviews.
This onehttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Seems to be a duplicate of this book which is the correct one:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
vicki_girl wrote: "Fran wrote: "This book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...is a duplicate of this book, which I've made sure is correct: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87......"
There is no alternate cover; it does not exist in the world. The cover you've replaced was the initially solicited placeholder artwork, but it's never been published. The final artwork (as seen on the other listing for the book) wasn't finished at the time of solicitation.
The isbn that was listed in the old blurb as being for an 'alternate cover' is the same isbn as the published edition.
Sorry if my reasons for deletion weren't clear before, I hope they are now.
This author needs cleanup.http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
isbn 1615077588
is the same as:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
isbn 9781615077588
and these two are the same:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Please merge his book:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
into this one:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96...
(has the most complete data)
Please merge his book:http://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/12...
into this one:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/12...
(has the most complete data)
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Please link to the book/show, not book/edit page, please.
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