Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Hello,

I am having a few problems with the Online Store and Book Links button on my book pages. The problem is that I am not able to add stores to the Online Store button or have it search by title rather than ISBN. Is there a way to fix this.

My book is available on Amazon, Smashwords, B&N Nook and Kobo, with iBookstore and a few others being added in the next 10 days. But I want to be able to set the button to search by title rather than ISBN/ASIN.

In the book links button, how do I add stores and sites there?

Would appreciate your help in explaining how to do it so that I can do it myself now and in the future.

Best Regards,

Khalid Muhammad

You can only change the store options for you, personally. Not for other people looking for your book. For example, my store options include Amazon.co.uk even if the author only wants Kobo.com to be visible. The links only use ISBN or ASIN or whatever the local version is. Not title. Titles are not always unique while ISBNs at least try to be.

You can add a new store link but it will not be available to members unless they specifically add it to their own personal list of stores. There is no way, as far as I know, to 'attach' a store to a book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book_link/c...

Obviously selling links are not allowed on book pages.

Banjomike wrote: "There is no way, as far as I know, to 'attach' a store to a book."

Book links to other sites are customized on a per-user basis (each user chooses theirs), not a per-book basis.

rivka wrote: "Book links to other sites are customized on a per-user basis (each user chooses theirs), not a per-book basis."

Can you imagine the chaos if that were NOT the case? A buyer gets 'connected' to a single supplier on the other side of the world...

Banjomike - I didn't understand what you meant by the "selling links." I was under the impression that Amazon, Nook, etc. are all selling sites.

I was more interested in knowing why my book was not coming up on Barnes and Noble, for example, from Goodreads, whereas I can find it with the search function on the Barnes and Noble site.

Khalid wrote: "Banjomike - I didn't understand what you meant by the "selling links." I was under the impression that Amazon, Nook, etc. are all selling sites.

I was more interested in knowing why my book was not coming up on Barnes and Noble, for example, from Goodreads, whereas I can find it with the search function on the Barnes and Noble site. "

Selling links would be where someone adds a diresct link to a bookseller (Amazon, eBay, Target, whatever...) in the URL fiels of a book or in the blurb. Not allowed.

The links to Amazon and Smashwords work for me.

The Barnes and Noble edition uses the BNID 2940045600101 which isn't on Goodreads so the system cannot use it.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/agenc...

Thanks Banjomike! So if I want the Barnes & Noble one to be found from Goodreads, I would have to add another edition?

Yes, putting the BNID starting with 294 in the ISBN13 field

Thank you.