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message 1: by Caro (new)

Caro | 177 comments I'm wanting to know if this is a book or not. From what I can tell (have read) this seems to be a computer game. I don't know if it's supposed to be NAB'd or deleted, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't a book. I haven't done any NABing so I'm not sure or exactly up-to-date on the policy. Whether to NAB or delete? Help me pretty pretty please?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70...


message 2: by lafon حمزة (last edited Aug 02, 2012 08:41AM) (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments Huh. That ISBN looks like it was shared between a game and this.

ETA: I forgot the link to the book on Goodreads. Here it is.


message 3: by vicki_girl (last edited Aug 02, 2012 08:39AM) (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments I would NAB it.

Since it is a "duplicate" then, I would edit the details to match the book listed in Worldcat.


message 4: by Caro (last edited Aug 02, 2012 09:08AM) (new)

Caro | 177 comments I put the reused isbn info on the book (The Love Thing) in a note and the description.

So is the Chill Manor/Action Learning a book? And do I need to update the info? Or something. I'm still a little confused.


message 5: by vicki_girl (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments Since it appears to be a game, and no one has added it to their books, I just deleted it.


message 6: by Caro (new)

Caro | 177 comments Thanks, just wanted to be sure. So I can put the ISBNs for the book in the isbns field?


message 7: by vicki_girl (new)

vicki_girl | 2764 comments Yep.


message 8: by Caro (new)

Caro | 177 comments K, thanks again. :)


message 9: by K, (new)

K, Nz | 162 comments spotted this, and assume it isn't a book - just wanted to be sure though :)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...


message 10: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Yep. Magic-link NAB'd.


message 11: by K, (new)

K, Nz | 162 comments Hi Rivka,

Thanks! Found this as well
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
seems strange as there is a book by the same author called 'Must Love Dogs', bookselling websites have it with no cover/reviews, have come across this before where the book hasn't actually been published ??

Sincerely,
Karen


message 12: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
That does appear to be the case. NAB'd that one too.


message 13: by K, (new)

K, Nz | 162 comments Cheers :)


message 14: by K, (new)

K, Nz | 162 comments Hi again Rivka,
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...
this seems similar? Perhaps I searched on worldcat incorrectly, didn't get any results - seems like a weird/incomplete title??


message 15: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Just because something's not on WorldCat doesn't necessarily mean anything. Not clear whether it was released, but it may have been, in 1999. I edited what it probably should be titled.


message 16: by K, (new)

K, Nz | 162 comments rivka wrote: "Just because something's not on WorldCat doesn't necessarily mean anything. Not clear whether it was released, but it may have been, in 1999. I edited what it probably should be titled."

Thanks heaps :)

K.


message 17: by Krystal109 (new)

Krystal109 | 1086 comments I can't seem to NAB this: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...


message 18: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 2442 comments Krystal109 wrote: "I can't seem to NAB this: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10..."

Looks like the ISBN belongs to "This little piggy : and other counting rhymes"

http://www.worldcat.org/title/this-li...


message 19: by MissJessie (new)

MissJessie | 866 comments Need an opinion: delete or not delete

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80...

And what about printed material that shows nothing but fonts with their names and so on?


message 20: by Cait (new)

Cait (tigercait) | 4988 comments Re: 19, it looks like a reference book to me.


message 21: by Beth (last edited Aug 18, 2012 12:26PM) (new)

Beth (bethjustbeth) | 1568 comments #19 looks like a NAB to me. It's categorized as "electronic clip art." One reviewer on a sales site said it was in both True Type and Mac formats.


message 22: by Vicky (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments Re: 19

Dan X. Solo does a ton of these types of books for Dover Publications. They are books with CD-ROMS. The CD-ROM contains the clip art/fonts and the book works like an index.

There have been discussions on similar books of his before that have been kept on grounds of them being used as a reference book. They are just as much reference as a book of patterns, IMO.


message 23: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl They are just as much reference as a book of patterns, IMO

Agree.

If you look at the combine page, multiple librarians have specified that works are reference works and thus should not be NABBED.


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