Dimensions aren't part of the algorithm. They vary a lot -- not because 
the books change size and shape, but because they can be in either cm or 
inches, some are just height, some are hxwxd -- there are just too many 
variables!

So let's see if this change results in a merge...

kc

On 2/28/12 3:46 PM, Laurence Penney wrote:
> Thanks for this. I’ve just done the edit. Since I had the book in front of me 
> I also added dimensions. Now I notice the other edition already has a 
> different set of dimensions. Hope this doesn’t prevent the merge!
>
> - L
>
> On 28 Feb 2012, at 23:36, Karen Coyle wrote:
>
>> I'll let you try this, so we don't create confusion, but try changing
>> the date on the one from 2002 to 2004, and wait a bit (I don't know how
>> long... maybe a day?) and see if they merge. They have the same ISBNs
>> and same titles, so it looks to me like the date difference might be
>> keeping them apart.
>>
>> kc
>>
>> On 2/28/12 2:27 PM, Laurence Penney wrote:
>>> A tweet[1] inspired me to recommend[2] Open Library as the best place
>>> to link when talking about a book — instead of Amazon or its
>>> publisher’s site.
>>>
>>> However the book I was going to choose as a nice example for the
>>> original poster has duplicated edition info, and I cannot see a way
>>> to merge them. I’ve confirmed with the author there’s just one
>>> edition (2004). So can I merge or is it a superuser thing?
>>>
>>> http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22593796M/Dutch_type
>>> http://openlibrary.org/books/OL9109013M/Dutch_Type
>>>
>>> - L
>>>
>>> [1] https://twitter.com/#!/typotheque/status/174589813347979264 [2]
>>> https://twitter.com/#!/Lorp/status/174595628993748992
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