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Last edited by Edward Betts
April 26, 2010 | History

Known problems

  • Duplicate editions
  • Duplicate works
  • Duplicate authors
  • Database dumps are out of date
  • Unicode character problems (Bug 225828)
  • Work pages with many editions are slow (Bug 551316)
  • Subject search index isn't updated
  • Adding a work to a subject doesn't make it appear on the subject page
  • Some books that appear on Amazon.com are missing from the Open Library (Bug 503497)

Missing features:

  • merge authors
  • merge works
  • category intersection
  • ISBN validation
  • Search inside a book
  • links from subject pages

History Created April 8, 2010 · 8 revisions

April 26, 2010 Edited by Edward Betts Some books that appear on Amazon.com are missing from the Open Library
April 21, 2010 Edited by Edward Betts add some more
April 8, 2010 Edited by Edward Betts Work pages with many editions are slow
April 8, 2010 Edited by Edward Betts Edited without comment.
April 8, 2010 Created by Edward Betts start a lsit
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