Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Hi

I was just attempting to add a new book to Goodreads and found the ISBN has been taken by an entirely different and unrelated item.

I was attempting to add Rîbnița însângerată, with the ISBN10 of 6306657126 and the ISBN13 9786306657124, as per this request: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

When I went to save it, I found that 6306657126 and 9786306657124 were taken by Baby Know-It-All2, a VHS video added in 2023 and since set to Deleted. Refer https://www.goodreads.com/book/edit/1...

Could someone please further delete (i.e., totally eradicate) Baby Know-It-All2 (which appears to be a movie on VHS, and is therefore a non-book item not permitted on Goodreads), so I can add the book.

(As an aside, could I just overwrite the video entry with the details of the book? I thought about doing this but thought I should refer to higher powers, lest this breach the rules.)

There is no way to delete the existing edition. However, nothing was stopping you from taking over it. Since the original was NOT A BOOK. Done: Rîbnița însângerată. Mărturii din acele zile

Thanks David.

Wasn't sure about the propriety of hijacking existing details and repurposing them (i.e., leaving the ISBN alone and changing everything else). I take it from this that doing so is OK.