Amazon.com to Acquire Goodreads

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I'm not a fan of the ADE "page" numbers. I tend to go and look up a paper edition if my ebook doesn't have reasonable size pages. I didn't care at all until I started tracking page counts, but if I am counting them I want them to be vaguely meaningful. ADE pages are about as useful as Amazon locations.

Agreed. I track locations (and would track ADE pages the same way if I ever bothered with ePub) but only use them when I can't find a paper copy page count for a book. Even then I only use them to calculate a realistic page count for whatever I am reading.

[SallyElliot]

Originally Posted by library addict

Yes, back in 2013.

Thank you library addict and Harry for the information. Makes sense now.

[SallyElliot]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

One rule is that is annoying is the cover. They won't replace a cover unless it's from the author's site or the publisher's site. So if all you can find it a low resolution cover they won't use a hi-res cover from somewhere else even if it's the same image as the one from an official site. Also, they used to get covers from B&N and they came with rounded corners and they would not replace them.

Page numbers for eBooks (i.e., ePub) have to be the page number that's incorrectly published since it's a pBook page number. ADE displayes the correct page number for an ePub.

And then if there is a new cover for an eBook, they insist on making a new entry for it but because the system won't allow ISBN to be used more than once, the new entry has no ISBN numbers.

Those are some of the problems.

I agree about the cover and it is annoying.... I know people who don't bother to update the covers.....

[DiapDealer]

That's OK. I don't give covers more than a passing glance anyway.

[rkd]

I enjoy Amazon kindle groups better than Goodreads. GR is popular but something is missing...

[Ravensknight]

REAL reviewers are on Wordpress

[Dopedangel]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

I'm not a fan of the ADE "page" numbers. I tend to go and look up a paper edition if my ebook doesn't have reasonable size pages. I didn't care at all until I started tracking page counts, but if I am counting them I want them to be vaguely meaningful. ADE pages are about as useful as Amazon locations.

Count words instead that's what I use in calibre. Word counts with page count plugin in calibre gives me a better idea about the comparative sizes of ebooks than the different page numbers given by publishers. irc fictionwise used to sell with word counts only rather than page counts.

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Dopedangel

Count words instead that's what I use in calibre. Word counts with page count plugin in calibre gives me a better idea about the comparative sizes of ebooks than the different page numbers given by publishers. irc fictionwise used to sell with word counts only rather than page counts.

If you want word counts bookshout.com is a good source. Smashwords also lists word counts.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

One rule is that is annoying is the cover. They won't replace a cover unless it's from the author's site or the publisher's site.

Not quite. Acceptable cover sources include:

Author Websites
Publisher Websites (such as Random House and Smashwords)
Amazon (since they now own Goodreads)
AbeBooks
Book Depository
Audible

National Libraries of the World: http://www.publiclibraries.com/world.htm
Use this site to find non-US libraries, some even have English based sites in addition to the native language, so this would be a good resource for librarians rescuing non-English books.

WorldCat: http://worldcat.org

Argentina
http://agencia.librosar.com.ar/portal...

Australian
http://trove.nla.gov.au/book

Danish
http://bibliotek.dk/

Dutch
http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/
http://www.kbr.be/catalogues/catalogu...
http://www.kb.nl/
http://www.debezigebij.nl
http://www.boekerij.nl
http://www.degeus.nl
http://www.uitgeverijcargo.nl (is an imprint of De Bezige Bij)
http://www.uitgeverijathenaeum.nl

English (UK)
http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online

English Publishers
http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk

Finnish
https://fennica.linneanet.fi/ (National library database)
http://www.helmet.fi/ (Database of capital area libraries)
http://monihaku.kirjastot.fi/en/

Finnish Publishers
http://www.kirja.fi/
http://www.tammi.fi/
http://www.otava.fi/
http://wsoy.fi/yk/
http://www.soderstrom.fi/ (publishes books in Swedish)
http://www.karisto.fi/portal/suomi/
http://www.teos.fi/fi/etusivu/index.php
http://www.like.fi/

List of Finnish publishers
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luokka:S...

German
German National Library/Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: http://www.d-nb.de/

http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk....
http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk_... (English version)

German Manga Publishers
http://www.carlsen.de/web/manga/a_bis...
EMA/ Egmont Manga & Anime: http://www.manganet.de
Panini comics/ Panini manga: http://www.paninicomics.de
Tokyopop Germany: http://www.tokyopop.de (click Bücher)

Italian
Bibliotecha Nazionale Centrale di Roma: http://193.206.215.17/BVE/ricercaBase...
Internet Culturale: http://www.internetculturale.it/openc...

Italian Publishers
http://www.einaudi.it/
http://www.librimondadori.it/web/mond...

http://www.astrolabio-ubaldini.com/
http://rizzoli.rcslibri.corriere.it/
http://www.adelphi.it
http://www.feltrinellieditore.it/
http://www.minimumfax.com/
http://www.elliotedizioni.com
http://www.laterza.it
http://www.guanda.it
http://www.neripozza.it
http://www.polilloeditore.it
http://www.mulino.it
http://www.sellerio.it
http://www.skira.net
http://www.fandango.it
http://www.meridianozero.it
http://www.garzantilibri.it
http://www.iperborea.com
http://www.fanucci.it
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...

Japan
Kodansha and Shueisha are a couple of the big publishers in Japan.
http://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/
http://www.shueisha.co.jp/

Norway
http://websok.mikromarc.no/Mikromarc...lles&unit=6483

Spanish
http://www.mcu.es/webISBN/
http://www.laeditorialupr.com/catalog...
http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/webcat

Sweden
http://libris.kb.se
http://www.kb.se/isbn-centralen/svenska-forlag

UK
The British Library: http://explore.bl.uk/

Rare, Old & Out of Print Books
http://archive.org (Multi-Lingual)
SC University Libraries Rare Books & Special Collections: http://library.sc.edu/spcoll/rarebook...

Specialty
RPG Game Index: http://index.rpg.net/ (for tabletop RPG gaming books)

Cover Images
http://www.tineye.com/ (Search for images similar to the one you provide)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

And ADE "page numbers" are only "right" for devices and apps that use ADE's numbering schemes. Just can't see page numbers in an eBook worth worrying about much in the sense that GR uses them.

Most eBooks these days are Kindle or ePub. Given that Kindle eBooks get their own entry, that leaves ePub. So yes, ADE page numbers are correct especially if the eBook has DRM.

[Fiat_Lux]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I don't find them a problem, really. And about ADE... well, sorry, I agree with them: publisher.

Not allowing for different ISBNs is a problem, because there can be content changes between different ISBNs of what is ostensible the same title by the same author.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Fiat_Lux

Not allowing for different ISBNs is a problem, because there can be content changes between different ISBNs of what is ostensible the same title by the same author.

I don't understand. What they don't allow is the SAME ISBN for two editions, not differents ISBN for a title.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I don't understand. What they don't allow is the SAME ISBN for two editions, not differents ISBN for a title.

There's no technical reason GR cannot allow the same ISBN to be used more than once.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

There's no technical reason GR cannot allow the same ISBN to be used more than once.

You're showing you're not a software developer. There's a very technical reason (which doesn't mean that is a good design). ISBN is a primary key in the table, so it cannot be duplicated.

[Fiat_Lux]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I don't understand. What they don't allow is the SAME ISBN for two editions, not different ISBN for a title.

Some Stupid Romance, published by Mills & Boone will have one ISBN.
Some Stupid Romance, published by Harlequin, will have a different ISBN.
Some Stupid Romance, Second Edition, published by Harlequin, will have yet another ISBN.

Back when I thought GoodReads might be useful to me, If the ISBN for Some Stupid Romance was from Harlequin, they wouldn't let one add the ISBN from Mills & Boone. Likewise, if I had Some Stupid Romance, Second Edition, one couldn't add the ISBN for that edition.