How To Add A New Book To The Goodreads Database With Pictures

Newspapers, magazines, and comics are not books. [1] X Research source By definition, these are not books for Goodreads, and therefore MUST not be added to the database.

If the book is part of a volume or set of books, this titling can be interesting. After the title of the book, enter a space then the volume number in parenthesis. (i. e. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets should be titled as “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)” (However, this item is already in the database so don’t use this example as a real entry of a brand new book[3] X Research source ).

Book entries that are part of a series get some special treatment. As opposed to adding the volume number last, you add it after the last few words at the end of the title. (i. e. “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets would be sorted out as “chamber of secrets (Harry Potter, #2), harry potter) as opposed to “chamber of secrets, harry potter (Harry Potter, #2)”. However, be aware that new editions of already present books should have the corrected sort-by field entered already when you enter in to add another edition entry.

The very first author should be only the primary author of the book. No other authors should be listed within the first text box of authors. Make sure to return the name with the proper capitalization (capitalization should never be the same as the way it looks on the book, if the book presents it’s authors in all-CAPS, but should be written as if it was the legal name entry on a paper form). Make sure to list the names starting with the first name with a space then the middle name (if available) then a space and onto the last name. Doing so will help the Goodreads Librarian link the books (if they indeed find it is a separate edition of an already present edition of an existing book) instead. Authors who use their initials should list their names without a space between letters of a name but should have a period after each and every initial. (ex. J. L. Roth should be listed in this box as “J. L. Roth”. ) If the author supplies their middle name as an initial, follow the initial rules in the sub-step immediately above. (If they send their initial, provide their initial followed by a period followed by a space and then their last name. If they provide their full middle name, type that in the box instead, as was written. ) Names with title or degree designations should be included in the list, but must never list these designations in the author name field itself, unless it is necessary to avoid confusion or is part of a recognizable pen name (such as “Dr. Seuss”) (however, Dr. Doug B. Hornet should be listed as “Doug B. Hornet”) Suffixes to a name should be included separated by a space after the last name. Additional authors (such as editors, narrators for audiobooks, etc. ) should be listed as separate entries on new lines in the form. Supply the type of author for the book with the box that is displayed after clicking the “Add role” link next to the author’s name box. Although you can choose between many different types of author-roles in the author role drop-down, there is a fill-in box that can be accessed if the author role isn’t supplied. If more than one author exists, there’s a link just below this box, that asks you for these additional authors. Supply as many as is given in the order they appear on the front cover of the book, after clicking the “Add author” link as many times as you need to enter all of them into the appropriate boxes.

For books that are digital read-outs (or have been narrated, and may include Audiobook, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Audible Audio, CD-ROM and MP3 CD listings), take the information you obtain for the ISBN and round the hour amount up to the next hour and list that hour reference as the number of pages. Don’t try to estimate the pages of the real book to put into audiobook form. Even if the audiobook is only a minute or two long, round it up to the next hour. [15] X Research source (e. g. If the listing says the book lasts 3 minutes, the page count should read 1 since the next total amount of hours past the 3 minutes is 1 hour. )

Although this rarely happens, if you still have no data for this box, you can write your own summary for the description, without writing a spoiler inside the box and without using images or links to external sites. You can grab data in certain circumstances as to describe books from Wikipedia, but the exact link to this site must be written inside the description box to explain where this data originated from.

Type in the original title and original publication dates using the same formatting as the title and publication dates field formatting above, if the data differs widely from the very first publication to the present-day one. Most oftentimes, the original publication date will be the earliest copyright date mentioned on the book’s title/publication data page just a few page-turns inside the book. [21] X Research source Watch out for the “media type” field. Although it can be your “best friend” when the media is something other than a book, it can also be your worst enemy if you accidentally select “not a book”. For information on what isn’t a book or is something other than those books most commonly used, utilize the information presented here. The not a book option will now display for every account that is created, though it is only supposed to show for Goodreads Librarians.

If a relative search result displays in the search bar in real-time (especially with an ASIN/ISBN search), this yields the possibility that you’ll need to add another edition if the two items aren’t the same. If you searched by the title and came up with a relative title, it’s time to create an alternate edition with the title given - if not, it’s time to create a new book entirely.

Recognize the need to add what Goodreads calls an “alternate cover edition” when the ISBN comes up but the cover is different (those that don’t have a cover but can be obtained legally for Goodreads’ use is different and only a Goodreads Librarian can help and should never be re-added).

Goodreads Librarians recognize how annoying it is when adding one and the ISBN sends back an error. However, if you aren’t a Goodreads Librarian, you’ll want to hold off on clicking the “Create book” until all fields are filled out to their entirety. Acknowledging where the error lays if you get the error message yourself is a big help, and can be remedied through an action that you can also take.