Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

ASIN: B0DFVST45N
Title: Pierre Before Bill
Problem: I updated the cover of my forthcoming book and now have two publication dates.

Correct Cover: contains the word 'prequel' in the subtitle box on the cover.
Correct Publication date: Janaury 16, 2025

I've tried many times to change the date from September 1, 2024 to January 16, 2025 but can't. Can you?

Thank you.

Edit. taken care of by another librarian

Authors cannot update covers, you have added an alternate cover edition.
I cannot fix the details as your comments on book edit page are causing a bug preventing my edits, please remove those comments and I will fix the details.

I've removed all comments except one ('done') otherwise I cannot save the changes. Is this enough?

Also, can you remove the alternate edition? (the one without the word PREQUEL in the subtitle box on the cover. Thanks

I see there's no change. Anything I can do?

I cannot edit this whilst your librarian comment remains. You can remove that and leave a 'change comment' instead.

Done (I think). Please confirm.

Thanks now done.
In future if a cover needs to be changed ask librarians and things can easily be sorted.

thanks but wrong date still showing. should be january 16, 2025

done. thanks

Helloe again
Can you please advance the releaase date of my book, Pierre Before Bill to November 21, 2024? Thanks

https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/2...

You should now be able to correct that yourself.
If not, please provide a source.

It won't allow me to make the change. Can you do it please? Here's the link to Amazon showing the revised November 21, 2024 release date. Thanks

https://www.amazon.com/Pierre-Before-...

More please. Another book of mine, Pierre & Bill Now, also has the wrong pub date. It should be February 27, 2024 (and not September 1, 2024). I tried to change but cannot. Here's thre GR's link with a link to Amazon where ther date is correct. Thanks again.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The original issue with that publication date is here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
You then added an alternate cover edition in August, somebody else added a further edition in September. Site admin have become involved in this and there is a warning not to change the status of the final edition.
If there are errors here https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio... please contact support.

All that interference is me. In August I tried to change the cover (never understood I wasn't supposed to) and in September when I saw it didn't work tried to change it back.

The link you give is the correct one showing Feb 27. Please pass that on to site admin in case it helps and I will contact support.

On the other matter: Pierre Before Bill. Have you managed to advance the release date to Nov 21 2024?

Yes, I changed that date.
When you contact support you could also ask them why you are unable to edit your own books.