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Book A - Original edition. the fact that is out of print doesn't matter, if it was once published and distributed, it is eligible to be in GR.I'd bet some of the books you have at home are nowadays out of print. Would it make sense that you couldn't shelve them because they are no longer available to purchase?
Book B - Short story, out of print, same as Book A, it should be in GR
And obviously they are not the same book, so they shouldn't be combined
Book C, new edition, including book A and book B. If it contains both books, then it isn't neither book A nor book B, it's a different thing.
About readers being confused. Readers should always search for their edition by ASIN or ISBN. If they do so, the'll always land at the right edition.
More important:
The Adding New Books folder is for books that don't yet exist on Goodreads. If the edition needing moving or other edits already exists on Goodreads, please post in Book Issues instead.
Thanks for clarifying. I'll repost this in Book Issues instead, since these editions already exist here.One quick note: I'm talking about ebooks, not print. A print book that's out of print still exists somewhere as a physical object someone could find and shelve, but an out-of-print ebook edition has no purchasable copy anywhere. The Amazon link is just a dead end for a reader. That's really the crux of my concern: readers landing on an edition they can't actually buy, with no visibility to the one they can.
I appreciate you taking the time to walk through it.
Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you meant ebooks.If by ebooks you mean epub, mobi, or pdf, the same reasoning applies, as readers will want to shelve the edition matching their file.
If you are talking about Kindle editions, that might be a different story, as Kindle editions have some different rules than other ebooks.
My advice would be what you are already planning to do: opening a new request in the Book and Author page issues folder. I'd like to help, but I'm not really used to dealing with Kindle edition edits.
Bruno wrote: "Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you meant ebooks.If by ebooks you mean epub, mobi, or pdf, the same reasoning applies, as readers will want to shelve the edition matching their file.
If you are talki..."
Thanks again. I do appreciate the help.
I'm using Book 1 of a series to illustrate the problem but the same issue exists across the rest of the series. I'll follow up on those once I know the right path here.
Book A — original edition of Heaven (out of print): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Published by a press that's now out of business. No longer available; the Amazon link is dead.
Book B — related short story Pretty Red Ribbon (originally published separately): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Also out of print. Its Amazon link now redirects to a generic search for "ribbons."
Book C — current edition of Heaven "remixed" (self-published, currently for sale): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Same story as Book A, expanded, and now includes the short story that's Book B.
My main concern is reader harm. Right now Book A and Book B — both dead, both unavailable — are the first things readers see on my books list, with nothing pointing them to the live edition. Reviews and ratings for this story are also split across records, one of which readers can no longer actually buy.
Because Book C includes the short story, a librarian previously declined to combine it with Book A as an edition. I understand added content can be a reason to keep editions separate, and I don't want to second-guess that call, but if there's a version of "expanded edition with bonus material" that does qualify for combining (I believe that's a fairly common pattern), I'd love to know what makes the difference here.
Either way, I'd appreciate one of the following:
1. Combine Book A (and ideally Book B) with Book C as editions of the same work, so the current edition is what readers land on first, or
2. If combining isn't possible given the added content, archive/hide Book A and Book B so they no longer surface ahead of Book C.
Or let me know if there's another fix that would keep readers from landing on a dead edition first.
Happy to provide anything else needed to sort this out. Thanks for your help!