1Karasuu
Hello!
I searched the ISBN for my copy of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, and instead of the main entry (https://www.librarything.com/work/5104/book/318509533), it came up with a small entry where there's no author and the title isn't even capitalized... (https://www.librarything.com/work/7536712/book/318509506)
Is there any way to merge these two? I'm a bit OCD about my collection and seeing this lazy version bothers me lol. Thank you!
I searched the ISBN for my copy of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, and instead of the main entry (https://www.librarything.com/work/5104/book/318509533), it came up with a small entry where there's no author and the title isn't even capitalized... (https://www.librarything.com/work/7536712/book/318509506)
Is there any way to merge these two? I'm a bit OCD about my collection and seeing this lazy version bothers me lol. Thank you!
2bernsad
How is it now? I have split the work out that had the lower case 'h' and combined the 5 copies with the larger entry on Gary Paulsen's page.
It looks like your source when you added it was Amazon books, which is where the lower case letter in the title came from. For your own OCD you can edit your book and correct the title. Make sure that the other details are correct while you're there such as author name at the very least. Best to avoid the crap data that sometimes comes from Amazon and use a library for your source.
It looks like your source when you added it was Amazon books, which is where the lower case letter in the title came from. For your own OCD you can edit your book and correct the title. Make sure that the other details are correct while you're there such as author name at the very least. Best to avoid the crap data that sometimes comes from Amazon and use a library for your source.
3keristars
>1 Karasuu: You can edit your book to fix the title and author - it's been combined with the main work, but the data you pulled in from Amazon for it will persist on your copy.
Edit any book by going to Your Books and double clicking/tapping on the box you want to change. Or click on the title and then choose "Edit Book" from the left column or the drop-down at the top. Actually, there's a bunch of places to edit - the bottom of the blue box with your book details has an edit button, too. :)
(If you only have one column, the left column turns into a drop-down - see my screenshots.)
By the way, when you're adding books, if you use one of the library sources, you're less likely to get weird stuff from Amazon, like you did here. You can always fix your ISBN, title, etc, later, if it's not a perfect match.
Edit any book by going to Your Books and double clicking/tapping on the box you want to change. Or click on the title and then choose "Edit Book" from the left column or the drop-down at the top. Actually, there's a bunch of places to edit - the bottom of the blue box with your book details has an edit button, too. :)
(If you only have one column, the left column turns into a drop-down - see my screenshots.)
By the way, when you're adding books, if you use one of the library sources, you're less likely to get weird stuff from Amazon, like you did here. You can always fix your ISBN, title, etc, later, if it's not a perfect match.
4MarthaJeanne
Recent books that are being sold by Amazon themselves are usually not to bad once you strip adbertising out of the title, but older books are usually from theit 'partners' and the data can be really bad. Ttry Overcat for these books or other library sources if you really care about goos data.
I just combined your copies of Teen-Age Treasury with theie main works. You might want to edit those volumes to correct the data. There should only be one name in the author field.
I just combined your copies of Teen-Age Treasury with theie main works. You might want to edit those volumes to correct the data. There should only be one name in the author field.
5Karasuu
>2 bernsad: >3 keristars: Thank you guys! I didn't realize there could be different versions under the same release, I assumed they would all share info like the title and author. I didn't personally add the book, I just searched the ISBN in the "Add Books" thing at the top of the website and added it that way. I changed the info in mine now so it looks better lol thank you!
6Karasuu
>4 MarthaJeanne: Ohh awesome thank you for the info. And wow thanks for editing the Teen Age Treasury too! I just got those from my grandmother. How were you able to figure out that there was an issue with that? Was it also missing an author or something?
7MarthaJeanne
>6 Karasuu: https://www.librarything.com/stats/Karasuu/vousetnulautre
You have to switch the number to none to find your books that have not combined with any other work. There is now only one sinleton on that page but there were also the three teen-age books. You find this page under Charts and Graphs>Odds and Ends> Vous et Null Autre. Work Duplicates is also very useful for finding problems.
You have to switch the number to none to find your books that have not combined with any other work. There is now only one sinleton on that page but there were also the three teen-age books. You find this page under Charts and Graphs>Odds and Ends> Vous et Null Autre. Work Duplicates is also very useful for finding problems.
8keristars
>5 Karasuu: There are so many neat features you get to discover now! 😁
Have you used GoodReads or Storygraph before? It sounds like maybe you have - but if not, that will change some of how I explain what happened, or how to prevent it, if you want that explanation. :)
Have you used GoodReads or Storygraph before? It sounds like maybe you have - but if not, that will change some of how I explain what happened, or how to prevent it, if you want that explanation. :)
9Karasuu
>8 keristars: I made a good reads like 2 days ago when I made this acc as well haha, so im pretty new to both!
