jingle says:

When you search for a book you get lots of different versions of the book, and then you choose one and put it in your reading list or wherever. Then, if you re-search the book, say 3 out of 5 will say they're in your reading list. How come the other 2 aren't linked up to say this is the same book?

For example... I have read "When I Was Five I Killed Myself". When I go to search it, it brings up 5 items. 3 of those items say they are in my reading history, but the other 2 don't.

#1 Posted 1 years ago

danchamp says:

We use a service called xISBN to automatically link different editions of the same book. It's not perfect as you've found, and doesn't cover all editions of a book. LibraryThing have a much better service but we're not allowed to use it. :-(

At the moment if you can please send me the details I'll link them. In due course there will be a facility for you to identify and link editions of the same book.

I've sorted "When I Was Five...".

#2 Posted 1 years ago

jingle says:

Thanks! The only others I have noticed are ones I have personally searched for:

Two Little Girls in Blue
Inkspell
Carry Me Down

Also with Carry Me Down I noticed that there are pictures in the search results, but once you click on the second book listed, there is no picture there, or in my list.

#3 Posted 1 years ago

danchamp says:

Much of this was related to the problem of books without ISBNs. The fix there has also improved this.

#4 Posted 1 years ago