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message 1: by Michael (new)

Michael Lucas My book, Secret War by Michael Lucas (ASIN: B0G5BPMMJ9) got auto-deleted from Goodreads when Amazon incorrectly removed it. They've since apologized and reinstated it, which you can see at: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G5BPMMJ9

Can you please fix the status of it on Goodreads from "Deleted" back to "Public"? The original Goodreads URL was: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Also, the same thing happened with book 2, Deception's Cure by Michael Lucas (ASIN: B0G7SL5DJJ). If you can fix that as well, that would be much appreciated. https://www.amazon.ca/Deceptions-Cure... (I didn't save the Goodreads URL sorry.)

Below is the Librarian Manual guidance I found on this, in case it helps. Thanks!

Deleted Books, Setting the Status Back to "Public"

If a Librarian attempts to add a book using the Add a New Book page, and the ISBN/ASIN matches an existing ISBN13/ISBN10 or ASIN associated with a "Deleted" record, an error message will be displayed. This message will indicate that the record already exists, along with a link to the deleted record's edit page. If the "Deleted" status was originally set in error, the status can be updated to "Public" to restore the deleted edition to the Goodreads database. Note that this will not move member shelvings, ratings, or reviews, or change the "best book" ID in the work when that edition is set back to "Public" status.


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott Both of those ASINs are already in public status and are searchable.


message 3: by Michael (last edited Jan 02, 2026 03:04PM) (new)

Michael Lucas Interesting! You're right I can find them by ASIN but not by title. Maybe the search index takes time to rebuild.

They are not assigned to correct author, https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3... , but maybe I should wait to make that request in case there are more problems on the Amazon side?

(thanks so much for your quick response!)


message 4: by Michael (new)

Michael Lucas The search index seems to be working today (took several days before "Secret War Michael Lucas" would include the book in results!) so I will mark this as Done.


message 5: by Scott (new)

Scott Yes, any recently-added book takes a while to appear in search by title. It's always best to use the ASIN or ISBN, in any case.


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