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You can always apply for librarian status yourself. It is easy enough to obtain, but I agree that all authors should have the right to edit their own material.
Goodreads authors do have a limited librarian status for their own books. Not sure what capabilities are turned on or off, though. Sounds like they should add the specific capabilities you mentioned.
Unfortunately, as I understand it, series and quotes don't "belong" to an author the same way books do. So turning on limited librarian status for those items may not be possible.
rivka wrote: "Unfortunately, as I understand it, series and quotes don't "belong" to an author the same way books do. So turning on limited librarian status for those items may not be possible."If I post a quote out of my own book on the page of my own book, I should be able to correct/amend it. I can't even put the reference of the book in the quote.
Any user can post a quote. Not every user can edit it.
You mean I can't edit the quotes I posted myself?
No, no one can except for Librarians and then with likes over 100 (I think) only Super-librarians and GR Staff
Paula wrote: "No, no one can except for Librarians and then with likes over 100 (I think) only Super-librarians and GR Staff"I remember with earlier books I amended a quote (out of my OWN book) a few times. Call me conceited, but I consider myself to be an expert on quotes out of my OWN books.
I shouldn't have to apply for librarian status and then get 100 "likes" and then become a Super Librarian and then President of the US and Pope at the same time to get a #%@#! quote amended.
This is a lot easier on Shelfari.
You are misreading what Paula said. A quote which 45 users have liked can be edited by any librarian. One with more than the cut-off (not sure if it's 100 or 500) likes needs a superlibrarian to edit it.Of course, if an author posts in the Quotes section of the Librarians group, about a quote from their book, their word would be sufficient to get the quote edited.
(From other users, not the author of the book, a source would be preferred. The author is their own source.)
Thank you.Still doesn't explain how I could, just a few months ago, change/amend/correct a quote repeatedly, and now I can't anymore.
This quote has as yet no likers (except for myself) as it is new.
Actually, the only thing for now I want to do is:
a) Indicate who is speaking
b) attribute the quote not only to myself, but to the book where it is taken from as well.
Thank you for the link, but I still think I should be able to do this myself without all the hassle. Furthermore this requires me to join a group I have no interest in... just to have a quote amended.
I don't think I will use this "function" anymore. It isn't worth it.
I am having a difficult time. My book One Dance with A Stranger on major sites like Amazon.ca or Barnes & Noble are still with Authorhouse cover and I would think - Authorhouse as far as any sold. It is correct on Amazon.com which isn't listed as an option on Goodreads. I cancelled and received a cancellation letter from Authorhouse. I would like some advice/help on how to change this. Thanks.
Mary, does the new edition have the same ISBNs/ASINs or new ones? Either way, adding the new cover is as simple as manually adding a new edition. (If the ISBN is the same, it will be an alternate cover edition.) The new edition(s) can then be combined with the existing ones, so all reviews and ratings with show up together.If you need help with any of that, a post in the Librarians Group will get you all the help you need.
Thank you. I checked and both the cover/publisher and ISBN # are wrong on all the sites except Amazon.com. It's all Authorhouse. I will check with the Librarians Group and try to get this straightened out. Thanks again.
I'm having a problem with librarians trolling me. Is that common?
Etta wrote: "I'm having a problem with librarians trolling me. Is that common?"I'm not sure what you mean by that exactly, but if you email support (at) goodreads (dot) com with more details, we'll look into it.
Andrew wrote: "Can't Goodreads give authors a limited librarian status for at least their own books?I wanted to add a new book to an existing series: couldn't do it.
I want to edit a quote out of this book: can'..."
Right. And I don't like their actions without warning, deleting my books etc. I am new here, a translator. Wrote to some librarians letters, but they don't care to answer. Teenagers are librarians. Ridiculous.
Vanda, your books were corrected to comply with Goodreads policies, not deleted.Since you are the translator on many of them, not the primary author, they will not appear on your dashboard. However, the books are all still listed on Goodreads, and can be seen on your author profile. (The only books that were deleted were those in which multiple identical editions had been added. Those were merged, which preserves all reviews and ratings.)
The vast majority of our librarians, of all ages, are carefully following Goodreads guidelines and policies. If you feel that a librarian is not following policy, please email support (at) goodreads (dot) com with as many details as you can, so we can look into the issue.
Edit: Also, non-book items like newspaper articles do not belong on Goodreads and will be deleted.
I have made my comments, no response. Except you. Thanks for that. Well, and it is a bit strange that librarians have hidden profiles.
How does one go about deleting a book from their Dashboard? I want to remove one from Goodreads.
We don't remove books which have been published, even if they are now out of print. In much the same way that a library does not remove out-of-print books from its shelves.
rivka wrote: "We don't remove books which have been published, even if they are now out of print. In much the same way that a library does not remove out-of-print books from its shelves."Thanks for the response. I own the copyright to this book. If I no longer want it posted on the Goodreads site, you are telling me I can't remove it? I did not publish it on Goodreads nor is it for sale on Goodreads.
rivka wrote: "We don't remove books which have been published, even if they are now out of print. In much the same way that a library does not remove out-of-print books from its shelves."I also failed to mention earlier that this Edition has been unpublished on Goodreads and can no longer be read by anyone so why would you want it listed on your site? It no longer exists. I simply want to remove it from my dashboard. February Edition of My Husband's On Facebook by Richard Parise
The actual book is not available from Goodreads, so copyright is not an issue. The site includes many out-of-print books, regardless of whether they can still be purchased.Users who have already purchased them may still wish to shelve and review them. There are also existing reviews and ratings.
rivka wrote: "The actual book is not available from Goodreads, so copyright is not an issue. The site includes many out-of-print books, regardless of whether they can still be purchased.Users who have already ..."
Thank You for the response. Let's hope no one cares to purchase it since they will be unable to find it anywhere since it has been unpublished at Amazon. I was simply trying to save our members the frustration of searching for something they won't be able to find. I would think you would also want to make the experience on your site less aggravating by removing such unreadable material. Who cares about ratings on books that no longer can be read??
Richard wrote: "Who cares about ratings on books that no longer can be read?"Many of our users.
Etta wrote: "I'm having a problem with librarians trolling me. Is that common?"I understand you, Etta, I feel like that in spite of rivka's pains to explain. Strange feeling indeed.
I take a bit of offense at the complaint about teenagers being librarians. Ive been a librarian and author since I was 16 and am now still only 20. I have a lot of knowledge and comply to the rules laid out by goodreads. Do not dismiss every librarian just because of their age because not everyone is irresposible. And since do you hage to be young to be stupid? I had to report another librarian who was 50 and trashing author stats such as when they were born and giving living people death dates. I agree though that some people should not be librarians.
Hannah wrote: "I take a bit of offense at the complaint about teenagers being librarians. Ive been a librarian and author since I was 16 and am now still only 20. I have a lot of knowledge and comply to the rules..."It depends, but some who cannot spell the author's name, are not good. I suppose so. Of course, some oldies are not clever, too, I agree.
I wanted to add a new book to an existing series: couldn't do it.
I want to edit a quote out of this book: can't do it.
This is very annoying.