Comment on So, how do you manage # StandardEbooks in # Bookwyrm ? Or # Good
kallekn@mastodonsweden.se 5 days ago
@gisiger @bookstodon You could possibly add it as an edition, in Bookwyrm? If a printed version is already in the database?
Comment on So, how do you manage # StandardEbooks in # Bookwyrm ? Or # Good
kallekn@mastodonsweden.se 5 days ago
@gisiger @bookstodon You could possibly add it as an edition, in Bookwyrm? If a printed version is already in the database?
@kallekn
@gisiger @bookstodon
I have the same question. One problem is that there is no unique identifier (e. g. ISBN) especially when they are pulic domain.
AIUI Project Gutenberg has a stable URI for each work, with an “ebook number” built in. And they keep old versions, when they fix errata, so URI and date should be enough to retrieve exactly what you read .
Maybe @gutenberg_org can refine this?
just from volunteering at Distributed Proofreaders I ran across enough edge cases inherited from the printed works to make a “Fallacies Programmers Believe About Books”.
@weirdfish @kallekn @gisiger @bookstodon
@clew @weirdfish @kallekn @gisiger @bookstodon
Yes, we do use ebook numbers to identify our books in our catalog
More specifically, do you guarantee — well, is it organizational intent — that the URL for a books landing page will always point at the same book?
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@kallekn @gisiger @bookstodon
I would add them manually as a new edition and set "Standard Ebooks" as the publisher (or Project Gutenberg or whichever it is).