The only option to show you own the book is the paperback. There is no eBook option.
There is an ebook option but the default option is paperback I think. All my books have two editions at GR because they merge the two (ebook and paperback).Cherise Kelley said:The only option to show you own the book is the paperback. There is no eBook option.
I think they do, it's odd but weirder things have happenedT.P. Grish said:Goodreads is a great site, but I noticed that the paperback version of one of my books got a couple of ratings on goodreads, and one of the members also has the paperback book on their shelfari 'owned' shelf? The problem? I have never, according to Createspace, or Author Central, sold a single paperback version of the book, only ebooks.
It has been almost a month since the ratings, and I figure they must have ordered the book at least a week before they rated it. I messaged CS to make sure I had no sales, and they said I do not.
Do people really rate a book without reading it? What would they base their review on, the sample? Or is it just late reporting on CS's part?
It's only a couple of paperback sales, but it has me wondering.
Yes, its all combined. Lets say I have friends I follow on Goodreads and I read the kindle book and they read the paperbook, when I click on the version I have shelved, it will just say so and so reviewed another version. But its all together. That is why I haven't bothered with organizing. Its just too much work for me for no reason really.Caitie Quinn said:So, I feel dumb not knowing this, but do the format ratings combine?
Its one of the things I love about Goodreads. Its like a big database for books. All formats and in a lot of cases I get to see the covers of the international versions.Caitie Quinn said:Thanks, that's what I figured. But this thread made me wonder.
That is cool, I don't mind people rating or shelving a different edition that they purchased.Atunah said:I have over 3000 books shelved on Goodreads and almost all are shelved as paperback, even though I read mostly ebooks. Why is that? Because when I added all the books I wanted to add at goodreads I just searched and added what came up and it is usually the default paperback.
So now all my ratings and reviews are listed for paperback.
I would have to go through, one by one to change that. I just don't feel like it. I even have a shelf called kindle-own. These are obviously books I bought in Kindle format. Yet when one would click on that book through my profile, chances are great that it would show the paperback version.
I don't care enough about the format to worry about my database of books, I gather many other readers and reviews don't either.
True, that could explain many of the cases. I hadn't considered that.Betsy the Quilter said:It could be someone like me, who is trying to get the books I've just added to Shelfari rated. I'm adding ratings to a whole bunch of books today, but I obviously didn't finish them all today.
And when I was on Goodreads, I would frequently update my shelves in batches. A couple times I uploaded a whole bunch of books I had on shelves at home.
Betsy