Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

The Expanded Psionics Handbook has a notification that says "This item does not meet our catalog guidelines and can no longer be rated or reviewed" (somehow; the Status is Public, not Invalid), but I can't see why. There's another entry; should reviews be moved to that one?

Ditto: Forbidden Lore: Ravenloft Accessory:.

Have we decided that gaming splatbooks aren't books?

Ongoing bot problem. If you re-save from the book edit page—you don't need to make any changes—you should get a popup asking if you're sure that you want to make the status public; click "OK", and the book will become public again. (As with most GR edits, it'll take a while for the book page to update.)

Thanks.

Another question on the same book: 162131900 looks to be a duplicate of 307980. However, the AISN for 307980 (0786933011, the ISBN) doesn't match anything on Amazon, while the AISN for 162131900 (B001ZVQOKI) goes to the proper Amazon listing.

But I can't change the AISN on 307980.

The hardcover with ISBN 9780786933013 is on Amazon DE (and Amazon CA; perhaps others too): https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0786...

And on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/474...

A hardcover with only an ASIN is often (not always) an indication that it's a single copy of a book listed by a reseller (i.e., not a valid edition). Showing up on Amazon doesn't always mean much—search on GR for "shower curtain" and you'll see just how many of those have ASINs these days :) If it's a duplicate, though, you wouldn't change the ASIN; you'd merge the duplicate into the valid edition.

The problem is that the one with the good ISBN doesn’t go to an Amazon listing, and the one with no ISBN does go to a good Amazon listing. So the one with an ISBN is right in every way except its AISN. It also has cover art and many reviews.

It's not a GR requirement that books be available on Amazon US.

For hardcover editions ASIN = ISBN10 (in most cases). So this one is right in every way, including ASIN.
This (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...) is a duplicate and should be delete. It is ASIN for a used (second-hand) book.

Except there's no listing on Amazon for the new book, so it seems that keeping the good AISN would be useful, even if it's not required.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0786...
Liralen has already sent you a link. This is mine (from Canada). There is more than one Amazon in the world.

Yep. There are in fact 18. I have all of the addresses bookmarked.

The UK Kindles will not show up in a search of the US site.
Books from India's Amazon don't show up as well.
I have found that once I find the item on any of the foreign sites that magically the US one has it as well, at least with the physical books.
The Audibles and Kindles are 50/50.

#Killstagram by Ryoung (a webtoon) is saying doesn't meet catalog guidelines. So does GoodReads now not support webtoons as something being read? I want to add it to my read list and as part of my reading challenge but it won't let me.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Tayla wrote: "#Killstagram by Ryoung (a webtoon) is saying doesn't meet catalog guidelines. So does GoodReads now not support webtoons as something being read? I want to add it to my read list and as part of my ..."

Individual comics should only be listed on Goodreads if they are published with an ISBN, or if they are Kindle edition with an ASIN. It doesn't look like that one is valid for Goodreads.

...There is more than one Amazon in the world.

Yep. There are in fact 18. I have all of the addresses bookmarked.

This totally made me LOL -- talk about the ultimate definition of booknerdiness XD We are such a weird yet awesome bunch...

Tawnya wrote: "Yep. There are in fact 18. I have all of the addresses bookmarked.

The UK Kindles will not show up in a search of the US site.
Books from India's Amazon don't show up as well.
I have found that..."

Nice! Can you share that list? And how do you decide when to use which?

Michele wrote: "...There is more than one Amazon in the world.

Yep. There are in fact 18. I have all of the addresses bookmarked.

This totally made me LOL -- talk about the ultimate definition of booknerdiness ..."

YES! <3

Australia https://www.amazon.com.au/
Brazil https://www.amazon.com.br/
Canada https://www.amazon.ca/
France https://www.amazon.fr/
Germany https://www.amazon.de/
India https://www.amazon.in/
Italy https://www.amazon.it/
Japan https://www.amazon.co.jp/
Mexico https://www.amazon.com.mx/
Netherlands https://www.amazon.nl/
Saudi Arabia https://www.amazon.sa/
Singapore https://www.amazon.sg/
Spain https://www.amazon.es/
Sweden https://www.amazon.se/
Turkey https://www.amazon.com.tr/
United Arab Emirates https://www.amazon.ae/
United Kingdom https://www.amazon.co.uk/

The 18th is the mothership.

The language is the main criteria. Portugal doesn't have one, so I know to go to Brazil.

I have my bookmarks in geographic lumps. I find it odd that Canada and the US don't have the same site. I could understand Quebec having its own, but it is odd. A few months ago I did a bunch of medical textbooks. That was fun. 😜They had US, Canadian, and International editions. The Canadian ones specified that they could not be used in the US.

Hope the sites help.

Actually there are a few more.

Belgium: https://www.amazon.com.be/
China: https://www.amazon.cn/
Egypt: https://www.amazon.eg/
Poland: https://www.amazon.pl/
South Africa: https://www.amazon.co.za/

You can change to the site of your choice in this way:
- open Amazon.com
- click on the button to change the language
- click on 'Change country/region'
- open the dropdown list on the resulting page and pick the site you want

This also works on other Amazon sites that offer a language or currency choise

Back when I tried searching for Amazon-China I got a message saying the order would be fulfilled by Japan. I wish I had known to do it your way. It so much quicker. I went through asking Google for different countries and after hitting the link provided being told it would be fulfilled by such-and-such. Belgium said The Netherlands. I don't recall trying Poland nor Egypt.

Tawnya wrote: "I find it odd that Canada and the US don't have the same site."

i assume it's a currency issue.