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Are you tired of trying to find a book that you've read and that isn't listed in Goodreads. It's tiring when you end your search on Goodreads with the result of "No book by that name results". Look no further than the advice in this article; You'll learn how to add that book, and worry no-more.

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Steps

  1. 1
    Visit the Goodreads website in your web browser. Goodreads is a popular social bookmarking tool used to share the books you're currently reading with friends.
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  2. 2
    Search the Goodreads site for your book. You can choose to search by name, author's name, ISBN (13 digit/generally starts with '978'), ISBN (10 digit-old style ISBN barcode number), as well as a slew of other items.
  3. 3
    Try to determine if any of the books they give you are matches. If so, use these instead.
  4. 4
    Use the Add a New Book to Goodreads website link, to add your book.
  5. 5
    Bring your book near your computer. You'll need a few things directly from your book.
  6. 6
    Begin typing in your answer to the book's title and determine if any comparable matches can be found. If you think the book's title is a match, but aren't completely sure, right-click the item and click either "open in New Window" or "Open in New Tab".
  7. 7
    Scroll down the list until you find the "Sort by Title" field. Type the title in again, as if you were looking through an old-style card catalog. A title known as "A New Light" would be listed as "New Light, A".
  8. 8
    Tab down and type the author's name in the box.
    • If more than one author exists, there's a link just below this box, that asks you for these additional authors.
  9. 9
    Tab down and enter the ISBN or ASIN (Amazon-only direct access ID-type) codes.
  10. 10
    Type the Publisher, Publishing Locations, Publication Year (all found inside the front cover's publishing data page.)
  11. 11
    Find out how many pages the book contains and type this number into the "Number of pages" box. As per Goodread's policies, they consider the amount of pages in the book to include all pages in the book, except for advertisements for other books or preview chapters.
  12. 12
    Click the drop-down menu for the type of format the book is (which you currently own in your hands).
  13. 13
    Type the edition number, if the book has more than one edition number.
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    Scroll your eyes and the page down slightly, and select from the drop-down menu, the language the book is written in. The top selection is English.
  15. 15
    Scan the book's front cover if you own a photo-scanner. Save the item as a file.
  16. 16
    Scroll all the way to the top of the page again. You'll find a place to upload the picture of the front cover of the book.
  17. 17
    Scroll back down to the end again (or tap the End button on your keyboard) and click the "Create book" button.
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Tips

  • Currently, there is no way to add a book to the database in their iPhone/smartphone app.
  • At the bottom of the page, there are additional fields that you may choose to enter (if the data is available).
  • As of January 27, 2012, Goodreads no longer uses sources to books sourced through Amazon. They will be removing all books not specified to new sources on January 30, 2012.
  • While some fields are mandated to be entered, there are some that are optional. But since you should have the book there, it would be nice to add these too. Don't forget some of the optional fielded questions such as the ones this article has shown above.
  • If the book you are choosing to add is another edition of a book Goodreads previously has but this edition has not previously been added yet, the link/button for adding this additional book can be found in the same section as the Other Editions and "Change Editions section on the other editions of the same said book's book-profile page.

Things You'll Need

  • Internet access
  • Goodreads account
  • The proposed book that needs to be added to the Goodreads database

Article Info

Categories: Goodreads

In other languages:

Español: agregar un nuevo libro a la base de datos de Goodreads, Русский: добавить новую книгу в базу данных Goodreads, Português: Adicionar um Livro ao Banco de Dados do Goodreads

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