Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Please add the following book to my listing of books on my author page please? Please note, the image for the cover hasn't been loaded yet. I'll get that updated asap.


Petal the Owl - A Five-Book Compilation
Joy Findlay
ASIN: B008GBNSR2
Findlay Books
30 June 2012
Kindle eBook
Petal the Owl is a nature loving owl. In this sweet little ebook series, Petal learns about her favourite season, Springtime; learns about the coldness of Winter; about how eating too many cherries gives her a tummy ache; about how many different colours are around her; and she learns how to count to ten. Now all together in one volume, Petal the Owl, A Five-Book Compilation is a must read for all Petal the Owl lovers. Ages 3-6.
http://www.findlaybooks.com/brightkid...

Here you go.

Thanks. I'll get that cover pic up on our website asap.

Just let us know here when it's up so we can get it. :)

The cover for the book above is at this website addy: http://www.findlaybooks.com/index.html It should be on the home page. Thanks.

Uploaded. :)

Thank you Amara, much appreciated!

This book is already added to Good Reads, it just doesn't have an e-book. Is that okay?

Title: Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea
Author: Michaela Muntean
ASIN: B001S0MOAK
Publisher: Little Golden Books
Description: No description

Book is here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

I still need:

A publish date
A link to a cover on a non-bookseller site.

Nate wrote: "This book is already added to Good Reads, it just doesn't have an e-book. Is that okay?

Title: Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea
Author: Michaela Muntean
ASIN: B001S0MOAK
Publisher: Little Golden Books
D..."

You can add it to the database (as long as you don't take an information directly from bookseller sites, of course). Note, however, that it should be marked as a Kindle edition rather than a general ebook edition.

Nevermind, lafon حمزة has got it. ;)

Okay.

How do you add ebooks, by the way?

Amara wrote: "Nate wrote: "This book is already added to Good Reads, it just doesn't have an e-book. Is that okay?

Title: Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea
Author: Michaela Muntean
ASIN: B001S0MOAK
Publisher: Little G..."

Okay, thanks lafon!

Published: 1983
Book cover: https://www.google.com/search?num=10&...

Just find whatever picture you want.

Nate wrote: "Okay. How do you add ebooks, by the way?"

Assuming you're talking about adding the record of an ebook, it's the same as adding any other book. You just select "ebook" or "Kindle edition" as the format.

(Or were you talking about adding an ebook to a record?)

I was talking about adding an ebook to a record :P

Nate wrote: "I was talking about adding an ebook to a record :P"

On the edit page, click "upload an e-book". You'll get a pop-up reminding you to upload it to the specific edition it corresponds to. If you select "ok", you'll get to the page where you can upload an ebook file of several different formats.

Of course, the most important part of the whole process is to make absolutely sure you're legally permitted to upload a particular ebook. ;)

Nate wrote: "I was talking about adding an ebook to a record :P"

So an already existing edition having an ebook uploaded so it can be read?

If that's the case first you need to have license (under copyright law) to upload the file. So that means that you are either the owner of the piece or the work is in the public domain. Second I believe that you have to be the Goodreads author of that particular work, or a librarian.

ok

Nate wrote: "Book cover: https://www.google.com/search?num=10&......

Just find whatever picture you want. "

You cannot use Google searches and then "whatever picture you want". Each of the image results comes from a specific site, and many cannot be used for cover images, because they are booksellers.

lafon حمزة wrote: "So an already existing edition having an ebook uploaded so it can be read?

If that's the case first you need to have license (under copyright law) to use it. So that means that you are either the author of the piece or the work is in the public domain. Second I believe that you have to be the Goodreads author of that particular work, or a librarian."

Amara wrote: "Of course, the most important part of the whole process is to make absolutely sure you're legally permitted to upload a particular ebook. ;)"

Adding illegal ebooks, or ebooks you do not own the rights to (and which are still in copyright) will get one's librarian privileges removed, so do be careful about this.

rivka wrote: "...Adding illegal ebooks, or ebooks you do not own the rights to (and which are still in copyright) will get one's librarian privileges removed, so do be careful about this..."

Oh, yes. I am not a proponent of this. I will bold the part of my post that was dealing with permission of being able to upload a book.

Nate wrote:
Title: Theodore Mouse Goes to Sea
Author: Michaela Muntean
ASIN: B001S0MOAK

Published: 1983

I've set 1983 as the original publication date for the book, but we can also add a publication date specifically for the Kindle edition.

okay, thank you so much Cait