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tarisea · 01-31-2013, 11:12 AM

I really appreciate the input. It is giving the opportunity to work through why I am over thinking this.

First I'm going to pass on the information I was given yesterday when a colleague corrected my terminology (yes he is a bit of a snob).

Binding is it's actual form so ebook, paperback, hardcover, etc.
Format is the size of the book (trade or mass market Paperback) or the format of ebook
Edition is anything like 10th Anniversary, Large Print, etc.

Do I actually care about any of this? No. I guess when it comes down to it, all I care about is consistency. I also think part of the problem is Goodreads which is almost too focused on binding. If I had my way I would open the metadata record for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and put in every ISBN ever associated with it and that way if I ever try to add another copy to my database by accident or forgetting that that it is already there it would come up as a duplicate. So I am going to just pick one binding, use it all the time and stick to it.

One think I do wish Kovid would put in is the the ability to replace ISBN with ASIN as Goodreads does. Separate it out from the rest of the identifiers. In fact if Kovid could do it exactly the way Goodreads does I would be the happiest camper. In case you haven't seen what the edit page looks like for adding a book I'll explain. It gives the option of providing the < ISBN and/or the ISBN 13 > or < ASIN >.

So there is my wish and the end of my rant. I am currently rebuilding my entire database in Goodreads and Calibre because I made such a mess with so many duplicates in Goodreads.

Thanks again for listening. Kovid any chance of my wish coming true?

01-31-2013, 11:12 AM	#7
tarisea Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 6288 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: iphone	I really appreciate the input. It is giving the opportunity to work through why I am over thinking this. First I'm going to pass on the information I was given yesterday when a colleague corrected my terminology (yes he is a bit of a snob). Binding is it's actual form so ebook, paperback, hardcover, etc. Format is the size of the book (trade or mass market Paperback) or the format of ebook Edition is anything like 10th Anniversary, Large Print, etc. Do I actually care about any of this? No. I guess when it comes down to it, all I care about is consistency. I also think part of the problem is Goodreads which is almost too focused on binding. If I had my way I would open the metadata record for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and put in every ISBN ever associated with it and that way if I ever try to add another copy to my database by accident or forgetting that that it is already there it would come up as a duplicate. So I am going to just pick one binding, use it all the time and stick to it. One think I do wish Kovid would put in is the the ability to replace ISBN with ASIN as Goodreads does. Separate it out from the rest of the identifiers. In fact if Kovid could do it exactly the way Goodreads does I would be the happiest camper. In case you haven't seen what the edit page looks like for adding a book I'll explain. It gives the option of providing the < ISBN and/or the ISBN 13 > or < ASIN >. So there is my wish and the end of my rant. I am currently rebuilding my entire database in Goodreads and Calibre because I made such a mess with so many duplicates in Goodreads. Thanks again for listening. Kovid any chance of my wish coming true?