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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing >>> list [email protected] >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To >>> unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> [email protected] http://kcoyle.net >> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
