Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I have come across books where someone (or the author) has deleted the original cover and uploaded a new one. I then revert the change and create an alternate cover edition with a librarian's note on that particular edition of what it is per the example in the Librarian's Manual.

However, this does not prevent anyone else (or the same person) to undo what I have done.

I have just noticed that someone else added a librarian's note on the original edition not to delete covers.

My question is, what is the general policy when you come across these issues? Do you contact the person who made the change personally and make them aware of GR policy? Do you contact GR CS to have them let that person know? Or should I just stick with a librarian's note like the one I saw today?

In the future I would use the flag option and let GR staff notify the individual in this case.

Bookworm R wrote: "In the future I would use the flag option and let GR staff notify the individual in this case."

That is indeed what we recommend.

I'd forgotten about that option. I see it now. Good idea. It wouldn't matter, would it, if I went ahead and fixed the problem as well as flagging it since all the changes are in the change log?

That's fine.