Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Title says it all. There's a whole bunch of issues with this particular edition of the book. The ISBN number is 9780151446476, and here's a link for convenience: The Name of the Rose

First issue: the description. This is an English edition but for some reason on Goodreads it's written in an Eastern European language I don't recognize. I have a copy of the book on hand right now, so here's the description from the jacket:

A bestseller in Italy, France, and Germany, the winner of Italy's two most prestigious literary prizes and the French award for best foreign work – a masterful tale set against the turbulence of medieval Italy

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. His delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and night of apocalyptic terror. The body of one monk is found in a cask of pigs' blood, another is floating in a bathhouse, still another is crushed at the foot of a cliff.

Brother William turns detective, and a uniquely deft one at that. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon – all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where "the most interesting things happen at night."

As Brother William goes about unraveling the mystery of what happens at the abbey by day and by night, readers step into a brilliant re-creation of the fourteenth century, with its herbal smells and dazzling architectural sights, its dark superstitions and wild prejudices, its hidden passions and sordid intrigues. And the author, Umberto Eco, conjures up this world with such grace, ease, wit, and love that the reader is utterly intoxicated with the place and time.

The Name of the Rose: A gloriously rich blending of thriller and Gothic novel, intellectual fireworks and storytelling virtuosity.

[description ends here]

Second issue: The book's description is described as "Reprint Edition (2001)." It's not a reprint. 2001 is nowhere in the book. Could somebody please delete that?

Third and final issue: the publisher is listed as Harcourt Brace & Company on Goodreads, but in the book it's Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which was the name Harcourt was going by at the time. Could somebody please change it to that?

Thanks for any and all help with this matter.

Been 24 hours so I'm bumping the thread.

If this would fit better in the Book Issues folder rather than the Project folder, let me know so I can move it.

Bumping again.

Looked it up and apparently the language that the description is written in is Czech. So that's an interesting fact.

I added the description, without some bit of praise. Due to technical side of the descriptions, it is likely it was not an intentional action to change it to an unrelated language.

And made the other two edits, with a change comment, so hopefully it won't be changed again.

The Book Issues folder is generally the best place for this type of requests.

Renske wrote: "I added the description, without some bit of praise. Due to technical side of the descriptions, it is likely it was not an intentional action to change it to an unrelated language.

And made the ot..."

Thanks so much for the help!

I'm never 100% sure when a book issue request gets so big that it should be put in Projects instead of Book Issues, but I'll keep that in mind for the future.

Drace wrote: "I'm never 100% sure when a book issue request gets so big that it should be put in Projects instead of Book Issues"

This one was definitely on the edge either way. I was fine with it here.