Just added a drill to my library :)

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Just added a drill to my library :)

1ciarpame
Bearbeitet: Dez. 26, 2022, 6:23 am

Hi, just happened a funny thing: I was adding three books to my library using the android app (scanning ISBN codes with device's camera), maybe one or more codes were read more than once and misread and now I got a drill in my library (https://www.librarything.com/work/29365284/book/231657955, see screenshot here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ta8O5kKo_0rGqFfF9NeTu13dxeYpwHJf/view?usp=shari.... Apparently this "book" is also owned by a few other readers.
All real books were also added as expected and I can't tell which ISBN caused the issue. ISBN codes: 9788896796771, 9788806243883, 9788806217716.

2Nevov
Dez. 26, 2022, 7:30 am

That work – the drill – looks as though it's been added from an Amazon record because all the editions have ASIN. There was another work record for it, these are now combined and it is currently showing 56 owners:
https://www.librarything.com/work/26541816/

There were a couple of wrong combinations, including "Techniques and Projects" by Bonnie Klein which is now separated at:
https://www.librarything.com/work/29529581
That work still has a cover image for the drill, in its covers from Amazon.

So I don't think there is a bug with LibraryThing here, more that the mistake/problem is with the Amazon record(s), and users (unlike yourself) haven't noticed they have catalogued a drill instead of whatever book they wanted. Assuming they aren't all carpenters :-)

3gilroy
Dez. 26, 2022, 7:32 am

What sources were you using to add the books to your library? It's probably not the ISBN but the source got something crossed.

4Nevov
Bearbeitet: Dez. 26, 2022, 7:42 am

Additional: the three ISBNs you mention are all showing on three different books in your catalog, and show the same titles (presumably correct) when I search for them in Add books using Amazon.com as source – so I don't think it's a problem with any of those. But I haven't added via scanning so can't say for certain how it might do things.

Sorting your catalog by Entry date, it shows you cataloged the drill next after adding "Fiat Punto. 1993-1999", is there possibly another item that the drill got added in place of?

5GeorginaJenkins
Dez. 26, 2022, 7:45 am

Dieser Benutzer wurde wegen Spammens entfernt.

6jjwilson61
Dez. 26, 2022, 3:08 pm

The top two LT recommendations for the drill are also items, a watch and a camera

7ccatalfo
Mrz. 10, 2023, 1:50 pm

>6 jjwilson61: 9788806217716 some of the amazon images seem odd.