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Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* (erinpaperbackstash) | 96 comments I know Goodreads doesn't allow linking to other websites any longer, but this is the first time I've been bugged by it as a librarian --- I am trying to update a decription for this book/edition and have tried multiple times. Obviously I am not putting any links in the description, which I have taken from the Amazon page - it keeps auto-importing messed up descriptions for many in this series, and I have been able to fix all so far except this one.

Murder, My Suite (Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries, #8)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/504844

The Error keeps showing up as:

2 errors prohibited this book from being saved:
Description may only include links to other pages on Goodreads
Description may only include links to other pages on Goodreads

Repeating it twice

I am trying to add this text in there as an updated description:

Gossip columnist Dagmar Delacroix Chatsworth and her yappy lapdog Rover's recent stay at the Hillside manor left hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's nerves, and best bed linens, in tatters.So Judith joins cousin Renie for some well-earned off-season R&R at Canada's famous Bugler Ski Resort -- only to discover with horror that the swanky getaway is the next stop on detestable Dagmar's itinerary.But it seems the cousins aren't the only guests with serious grudges against the dirt-disher and her malicious mutt. And when one of the despised lady's entourage is murdered on the snowless slopes, Judith sets out to corner a killer -- before more hapless hangers-on discover that Dagner's company can be even more poisonous than her pen.

I have reloaded, deleted, it doesn't matter, keeps saying I am burying links in here.


message 2: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (mvalente89) | 2197 comments The description is missing spaces after the periods in two sentences so the system thinks those are links. You'll need to add the spaces to the below sections of the description and then you'll stop getting the error.

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Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* (erinpaperbackstash) | 96 comments Melanie wrote: "The description is missing spaces after the periods in two sentences so the system thinks those are links. You'll need to add the spaces to the below sections of the description and then you'll sto..."

Thank you, that must be it! Many I have been correcting were like that imported from Amazon I'm assuming.


message 4: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7859 comments That happens when the import bot removes the paragraph break after a sentence.

When it's a lengthy description, I usually copy it from Amazon (or the publisher) and overwrite the existing Goodreads description. I find it's easier than looking for that "word[period]word" error. :)


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