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message 1: by Ana (new)

Ana (ana_m_azenha) | 9 comments Just came across an edition of a book, in kindle edition that I tried to publish a review and it showed the message: "This item does not meet our catalog guidelines and can no longer be rated or reviewed"

It's a normal ebook edition, don't understand why doesn't it meet the guidelines?

Anything that can be done to correct it?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Thank You


message 2: by Tawnya (last edited May 20, 2026 05:58PM) (new)

Tawnya | 4647 comments The bots like to set books to invalid, or delete them for no bloody reason except to cause mischief. I know that it said it was public. Anytime you find a book that shows the banner even though the book is "public", just resave the book. I did it with the book. You know the routine about it taking some time to lose that banner.

I think that the reason GoodReads stays open-source is so we can undo all of the crap the bots pull.


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