[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Help Solving a Mystery
- From: Marilyn <mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:12:24 -0400
Evan,
The exact same thing is happening with me -- it won't find "The Going Rate"
unless I click on the author's name. Huh!
Marilyn
mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx
On Aug 21, 2012, at 6:37 PM, Evan Reese wrote:
> Guys, I have a little mystery I'd like your help with. In checking on a
> series Lissi and I are working on, something strange is happening with one of
> the books. The most recent book we did in this series, The Going Rate, by
> John Brady, only shows up in the list of his books when I click on the link
> to the author's name. If I type in the title, or the author's name, or both,
> into the Advanced search field, the book does not show up. If I enter John
> Brady into the
> Advanced search field and go to the relevant author, all eight of the other
> books we did come up, (and a ninth book about interviewing which I think is
> by a different John Brady), but not The Going Rate, which is the most recent
> one we did. I'm wondering if anyone else here would care to try entering the
> title or author into the Advanced search field and see what happens. Also, if
> anyone has any idea why the book doesn't show up for me under normal
> searching, I'd appreciate hearing about it. I do frequent searches for myself
> and Lissi to determine whether something is in the collection in order to
> figure out what books to try to get to scan, and it disturbs me a bit to find
> out that just typing in a title does not necessarily bring up the book even
> if it is in the collection, or entering an author does not necessarily bring
> up all of their books that are in the collection. I've made sure my settings
> bring up books of all qualities, and besides, this book was just recently
> approved and is in excellent condition, having been proofread by the very
> best proofreader around. I'm biased, I admit. <smile>
>
> Anyway, I'd be interested in hearing what other people find. If others of you
> get the same results, then I think someone at Bookshare needs to look into
> the matter. Thanks much.
>
> Evan
>
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