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message 1: by Dazrin (new)

Dazrin | 11 comments There are multiple issues with this authors books and author data itself.

First, Dan Romanchik is listed in at least 3 different ways:
Dan Romanchik
Romanchik KB6NU, Dan
Dan Romanchik KB6NU

Second, there are several duplicates for some of his books both due to the author duplication and due to different formats being listed separately instead of in a single listing:
The No-Nonsense Technician-Class License Study Guide
Link 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Link 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
These look like the same book but an older (out of date) version, so they could be a different item?
Link 3: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Link 4: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The No-Nonsense General-Class License Study Guide
Link 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Link 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The No-Nonsense Extra Class License Study Guide
Link 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (might be for an out of date edition?)
Link 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Link 3: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

The CW Geek's Guide to Having Fun with Morse Code
Link 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Link 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Here is the author's site where I am pulling the "official" data from but I haven't looked at the GR policies so this might need to be massaged a little.
http://www.kb6nu.com/study-guides/


message 2: by Krazykiwi (new)

Krazykiwi | 1767 comments Author names fixed and books combined for all the books on GR already.

GR does not remove out of date editions, so all the existing books here have been retained. I didn't add any new ones however, so if any specific editions are missing I'll leave that for someone else.


message 3: by Dazrin (new)

Dazrin | 11 comments Krazykiwi wrote: "Author names fixed and books combined for all the books on GR already.

GR does not remove out of date editions, so all the existing books here have been retained. I didn't add any new ones however..."


Thank you!

I know GR doesn't remove old books but I was not sure if those ones, which are a prior edition, should be combined with the newer edition or if they should be their own book. Since these are study guides the edition matters since it is for a specific test version.


message 4: by Krazykiwi (new)

Krazykiwi | 1767 comments I treated them like any other textbook, they're essentially the same thing, just updated. I put the specific edition info in the edition field where it belongs though :)


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