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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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Done. Publication date: May 7 1997.

You are excused
There are 77 editions of this book, I was asking which one you thought had the wrong date. Seems its been sorted now though
Halvor (Raknes) wrote: "The topic edition. Of course."
While that may be true in this case, many users search by title, not ISBN when linking to a book, and librarians responding to a request how no way of knowing whether that is true.
While that may be true in this case, many users search by title, not ISBN when linking to a book, and librarians responding to a request how no way of knowing whether that is true.

ETA: OK, I think I understand what you mean. I have never, however, experienced anyone not simply assuming that the topic edition is one edition and not the book in general.
ETA2: That is in the three years I have been submitting several thousand requests for edition corrections and additions in this group.