Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Help me please!
2 'editions' of my book have been featured - and reviewed - on GoodReads. One is unavailable to buy (it was set up simply in order to obtain pre-publication author copies from Amazon for my physical launch) but has been reviewed three times because the link is still up on Amazon (despite 'unpublishing' that 'edition').
Today I saw the 'combine editions' button and thought it would be a good idea - assuming all the reviews would be combined under the 'live' link.
Unfortunately I was wrong - and the bulk of the reviews appear to have been lost and the 'live' link is to the 'dead' edition...
I've tried to 'separate' the editions, but to no avail. I'd be very grateful for any help in trying to sort out this mess I've made... Thank you

Combining editions does not delete reviews, but the site is heavily cached. It might take a while for the book page to show correctly.

You can set the default edition (which will appear on your author page, etc.) yourself: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

Liralen wrote: "Combining editions does not delete reviews, but the site is heavily cached. It might take a while for the book page to show correctly.

You can set the default edition (which will appear on your au..."
Thank you so much for this! I should have been more patient - everything has re-appeared - and thank you for the tip on setting the default edition. I now will refrain from touching anything ever again...

Haha, no worries! You're not the first person to panic over this sort of thing.

While I recommend avoiding the 'auto-combine' function (presumably not what you used in this case, but just as a heads-up), in general there's not much an author can do to break a book record that librarians, Support, or a bit of time can't fix.