Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I'm finding a lot of books with missing formats. Will that be something addressed in upcoming imports/updates? I have fixed some by going to my copy of the book, but that's taking a long time and I don't have a copy for every book. And I've been having trouble finding format information in some of the approved sources. LOC doesn't have it; WorldCat doesn't usually have it; ISBNDB doesn't seem to have it. Can't get into Ingraham. Does anyone know a good source for format info?

Betsy wrote: "I'm finding a lot of books with missing formats."

Some of the sources we are getting information from now don't provide that information, unfortunately.

Bummer!

I'm also discovering a number of books whose format has apparently been changed.

Betsy wrote: "I'm also discovering a number of books whose format has apparently been changed."

The format given by amazon was not always correct. I noticed several cases where a paperback book was labeled as hardcover (mostly with German publishers). Perhaps the changes come from the fact that someone entered the correct format (as opposed to the previously wrong format coming from amazon)?

Likely so.