Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

There are errors to clean up with the book Generation Loss.

1. All Editions: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...

- The Original Publication Date is incorrect. It should be April 16, 2007.

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2. First Edition Hardcover: Generation Loss (ISBN 9781931520218)

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the jacket:

Patricia Highsmith meets Patti Smith when a down-and-out photographer and relic of the ‘70s NYC punk scene travels to an island off Maine in search of a reclusive and iconic artist.

Cass Neary made her name in the ‘70s as a photographer embedded in the burgeoning punk movement in New York City. Her pictures of the musicians and the hangers-on, the infamous, the damned, and the dead, got her into art galleries and a book deal.

Thirty years later she is adrift, on her way down, and almost out when an old acquaintance sends her on a mercy gig to interview a famously reclusive photographer who lives on an island in Maine.

When she arrives Downeast, Cass stumbles across a decades-old mystery that is still claiming victims, and into one final shot at redemption.

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3. US Kindle: Generation Loss (ASIN B00VKI4598)

- Since it’s now Goodreads policy that Kindle and Audible editions get their cover art changed instead of having ACEs created, the cover art needs to be updated: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/9... // https://a.co/d/cNctEmi

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4. 2013 UK Paperback: Generation Loss (ISBN 9781472102799)

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:

The secrets of small-town life can be more deadly than fist fights and dead junkies . . .

Cass Neary is not afraid of living on the edge. A photographer whose shots of New York’s punk scene in the seventies earned her fame, caché, and a cultish kind of cool, Cass has spent much of her life in the dark, watching and waiting. But thirty years later she is alone, adrift and falling rapidly into oblivion. So when an old acquaintance asks her to interview a fellow photographer – a notorious recluse who lives on an island off the Maine coast – she accepts.

There, she learns about a decades-old crime that is still claiming new victims – and comes to realise that her days of living dangerously are not over yet: amid this inhospitable hinterland, Cass comes to realise that her final shot might also be a shot at redemption.

Patricia Highsmith meets Patti Smith in this mesmerizing literary thriller.

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5. 2020 US Paperback: Generation Loss: a novel (ISBN 9781618731746)

- “a novel” needs to be removed from the title.

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6. US Audible: Generation Loss (ASIN B07R6P8Q5X)

- “9 hours and 21 minutes” needs to be removed from the Editions field.

- The page count is missing. It should be 10.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:

Cass Neary made her name in the 70s as a photographer embedded in the burgeoning punk movement in New York City. Her pictures of the musicians and the hangers-on, the infamous, the damned, and the dead, earned her a brief moment of fame.

Thirty years later she is adrift, on her way down and almost out when an old acquaintance sends her on a mercy gig to interview a famously reclusive photographer who lives on an island in Maine. When she arrives Down East, Cass stumbles across a decades-old mystery that is still claiming victims, and she finds one final shot at redemption.

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7. 2008 US Paperback: GENERATION LOSS (ISBN 9780156031349)

- The title shouldn’t be in allcaps.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Harvest Books.

- “1, First Edition” needs to be removed from the Editions field. This isn’t the first edition.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:

Cass Neary made her name in the seventies as a photographer embedded in the burgeoning punk movement in New York City. Thirty years later she is adrift, on her way down – and almost out – when an old acquaintance sends her on a mercy gig to interview a famously reclusive photographer who lives on an island in Maine. When she arrives down east, Cass stumbles across a decades-old mystery that is still claiming victims, and she finds one final shot at redemption.

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8. 2024 UK Paperback: GENERATION LOSS (ISBN 9781914391323)

- The title should not be in allcaps.

- The page count is missing. According to Amazon, it should be 358.

- The publisher is missing. It should be Influx Press.

- The publication date is missing. It should be October 17, 2024.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:

Cass Neary is not afraid of living on the edge. A photographer whose shots of New York's punk scene in the seventies briefly earned her fame, caché, and a cultish kind of cool, Cass has spent much of her life since then in the dark, watching and waiting. But thirty years later she is alone, adrift, and falling rapidly into oblivion.

So when an old acquaintance asks her to interview a fellow photographer – a notorious recluse who lives on an island off the coast of Maine – she accepts. There, she stumbles across a decades-old crime still claiming new victims. Amid this inhospitable hinterland, Cass comes to realise that her final shot might also be her shot at redemption.

First published in 2007, Generation Loss is a mesmerizing literary crime thriller from the author of A Haunting on the Hill.

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9. 2016 MP3 CD: Generation Loss (ISBN 9781511398039)

- The page count is missing. It should be 10.

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10. 2019 MP3 CD: Generation Loss: The Cass Neary Crime Novels, book 1 (ISBN 9781094008202)

- “The Cass Neary Crime Novels, book 1” needs to be removed from the title.

- Carol Monda needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- “MP3CD” needs to be removed from the Editions field. It’s already in the Format field.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 10.

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry #6.

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11. Library Edition CD Audiobook: Generation Loss (ISBN 9781094008189)

- Carol Monda needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 10.

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12. CD Audiobook: Generation Loss: The Cass Neary Crime Novels, book 1 (ISBN 9781094008196)

- “The Cass Neary Crime Novels, book 1” needs to be removed from the title.

- Carol Monda needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 10.

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry #6.

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13. Invalid Editions

The following editions were imported by the bot and need to be marked invalid.

A. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
B. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
C. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
D. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
E. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
F. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
G. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Bumping the thread.