Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Should the ebook be a Kindle?

And is the other ebook a duplicate?

I published the paperback first - so that my ARC readers can leave reviews on Amazon. The amazon link is for the paperback. The ebook will be published in a few weeks time. The ebook will have the same cover as the paperback.

The cover that is currently assigned to my book on Goodreads is an ARC cover and needs replacing.

Should I wait until the ebook is published before I request for the cover change?

I added the paperback edition. Unfortunately we cannot use one edition's cover for another.

There are two e-book editions on GR, and they have different titles. Can you clarify that they are both valid editions?

Vance wrote: "...The cover that is currently assigned to my book on Goodreads is an ARC cover and needs replacing...."

Goodreads policy is to keep all covers, including ARC covers.
A new edition can be added with the published cover.

Scott wrote: "I added the paperback edition. Unfortunately we cannot use one edition's cover for another.

There are two e-book editions on GR, and they have different titles. Can you clarify that they are both ..."

I first published the ebook on Amazon in Oct 2018 under a different name (Convex). I then had problems with my AMS ads dashboard and wasn't able to promote the book at all. So I unpublished it.

I have now republished the book under the new name, Zeroglyph. Right now it is a paperback. The ebook will be following soon, and will have the same cover as the paperback.

Thanks for adding the paperback edition. Shall I request for a cover change for the ebook Zeroglyph after I have published it?

Olivia wrote: "Goodreads policy is to keep all covers, including ARC covers. A new edition can be added with the published cover."

Should I add an Alternate Cover Edition once the ebook is published? Once I do that, I would like this alternate cover edition to be the default image when someone searches my book, and not the ARC image. How do I do that? Furthermore, will the current reviews and ratings be carried over to the alternate edition?

I am sorry for the mix up, but when I added the ebook, I wasn't aware of the rules, and assumed I could replace the ARC cover whenever I wanted with the published ebook cover.

As the author, you have the ability to change which edition of the book is the default that will come up in searches by title and show on your author profile. Please see: Setting default edition

Thank you Olivia and Scott for your help.

Next time just bump your original post and someone will see it. :)

Vance wrote: "I have posted this request three times before but got no response each time."

If you bump up existing posts, rather than starting new ones, it is both less confusing and more likely to get librarian attention.

Emily wrote: "Next time just bump your original post and someone will see it. :)"

Will do! Thanks