Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Hi,

I just listed a give away for my book but it is showing the wrong cover: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

The cover has been updated to this: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...

So I really need this new cover to appear in the give away instead of the old one.

Thanks in advance for your help!

A Shade of Vampire, only authors can determine the prime edition.

Q: My book has a new edition, but the old one is showing up on my author page. How can I change that?

A: The default edition of a book -- the one which shows up on your author page, in non-ISBN-specific searches, and several other places -- is determined by the number of Goodreads users who have shelved each edition.

As more users shelve the new edition, it will become the default instead.

Alternatively, Goodreads recently added a new feature for authors: Goodreads Authors can now choose which edition they want to be the default edition for their books. Goodreads Authors (and Goodreads Employees) are the only people who can use this feature, and they can only do so for books on which they are the primary author.

To use this feature, go to the edition you wish to set as the default, and click the "edit" link. On the edition's edit page there will be a link on the right side, about mid-way down the page and just before the link to refresh stats, to "Set this book as the primary edition for this work".

Thanks for your reply!
Actually, the new cover version was already set to the default.

But the old cover still appears in the giveaway.

- Bella

In that case, contact Support, they are the only ones who have that sort of access.

Ok, I have done so. Thanks for your help!

A Shade of Vampire wrote: "Thanks for your reply!
Actually, the new cover version was already set to the default.

But the old cover still appears in the giveaway.

- Bella"

A giveaway is presumably going to link to the specific ISBN that is to be given away, not the default/primary edition (unless they happen to be the same edition as in this case). The book you linked to is an alternate cover edition so doesn't have an ISBN.

As Sandra said, Support is the way to go.

Ah, that makes total sense. Thanks for the clarification!

I'm clueless...giveaway is definitely linked to specific isbn but I'm not positive which thumbnail shows everywhere a giveaway shows.

No idea, specifically about giveaways. But some thumbnail displays on goodreads can take days to update.

Thanks Debbie. I have also emailed Goodreads support and am waiting to see what they have to say.