Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I'd like to know how to add an author that isn't on GR database

If you create a book with that author's name or add the author to an existing book which is missing his/her name, the author will be automatically added to the DB.

If they haven't published anything yet, they shouldn't be added.

ah thanks.and yes, the author has published 8 books , I think

Are you sure they aren't in the GR database? Someone with 8 published books seems unlikely to be missing entirely, although it's possible.

thats probably because she strted writing in 2008 and she's portuguese.I checked.3 times

Ah! Non-English language authors are indeed less-often represented.

Please feel free to add all her books!

thanks ;D

whats the difference between isbn and isbn 13?

ISBN is a 10-digit number, and it's what was initially used as a book identifier. Books/publishers are now switching to an ISBN-13 (13-digits)...I think because of the growing number of books being published and the number of countries using the ISBN standard.

ah ok thanks