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Two years ago I published a 5-book series under the series title, 'Monuments of Grass.' Each book in the series had a unique title and ISBN number. The publisher went bankrupt. I revised the series and had the books professionally designed and typset (two things missing from the originals). The revised books are published under my own name with new ISBNs. IngramSpark are currently in process of deleting the former edition to avoid confusion. Amazon has agreed to the same request and has deleted the former, unwanted edition. I request that Goodreads do the same. The two editions are easy to tell apart as, apart from the brilliantly designed covers, the revised edition titles all bear the sub-title, 'An American Romance'. The names of the titles to be deleted are: 1. Exile; 2. Buffalo Rock; 3. The Claim; 4. New France; 5. Voyages of Discovery. All were published under the Ocean Reeve Publishing imprint.
I will be glad to provide any further details if requested.
Brendan Frain

We do not delete out of print books, as users may want to add their exact edition to their virtual shelves.
See https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

But how then to avoid confusion between the different editions?
And shouldn't the author/publisher's wishes to put out the best book possible trump that of a hypothetical minority of users who might want to obtain an earlier edition for their virtual shelves?
As noted, Ingramspark and Amazon certainly think so.

see above

Brendan wrote: "But how then to avoid confusion between the different editions?

Not an issue.

And shouldn't the author/publisher's wishes to put out the best book possible trump that of a hypothetical minority of users who might want to obtain an earlier edition for their virtual shelves?"

No.

Amazon is a store. Ingram is a distributor of new books. Goodreads is neither.

Scott wrote: "Brendan wrote: "But how then to avoid confusion between the different editions?

Not an issue.

Not for Goodreads, evidently. Writers, readers, publishers and informed critics may beg to differ.

And shouldn't the author/publisher's wishes to put out the best book possible trump that of a hypothe..."
Careful, your bitterness is showing through.

There's a lot that Goodreads is not: politeness for one

When one joins a site, one should make an effort to understand it before making requests that go against its core principles.

Brendan wrote: "But how then to avoid confusion between the different editions?
And shouldn't the author/publisher's wishes to put out the best book possible trump that of a hypothetical minority of users who migh..."

If you claim your author profile, you can choose what edition is shown as the default one. See here for more information on the author program: https://www.goodreads.com/author/program

Javier wrote: "Brendan wrote: "But how then to avoid confusion between the different editions?
And shouldn't the author/publisher's wishes to put out the best book possible trump that of a hypothetical minority o..."

Thank you. That's helpful.