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How should the name "Annejet van der Zijl" be sorted in the shelf display field?

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A: annejet van der, zijl

B: Zijl, Annejet van der
C: Annejet van der, Zijl
D: zijl, annejet van der

When crea!ng an Alternate Cover Edi!on (ACE), what is the correct date to enter as the publica!on date of the new Alternate Cover
edi!on?
A: The exact same date as the earlier cover version of that par!cular ISBN / ASIN.
B: No date at all; the publica!on date of an ACE edi!on should be le$ blank.
C: The date the work was originally published.
D: The date the edi!on was released with the new cover - or if that date is unknown; the year and month when the ACE edi!on is created by you.

Which of the following groups of items contains only items that are considered valid book records on Goodreads?

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A: Magazines; reference books; periodicals; and bound comic books with ISBNs
B: Coloring books; atlases; bound sheet music
C: Advanced reader copies (ARCs); book-length fanfic!on which is complete; decks of Tarot cards
D: Calendars or something-a-day books with addi!onal content; boxed sets (sold as a boxed set with one ISBN)
E: None of the above
F: B and D

For audiobooks, the narrator is listed:

A: In the first author field.
B: In the last author field.
C: A$er the primary authors.
D: They aren't authors so they aren't included.

Select those who should be added to the author fields:

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A: A cover ar!st who did no interior artwork.

B: An editor of a novel.
C: A proofreader.
D: An editor of an anthology.
E: All of the above.
F: None of the above.

Which of the following !tle field entries is correct for a book !tled Good Book that is the 5th book in the series Great Reads (all
novel-length)?

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A: Great Reads #5: Good Book

B: Good Book (Great Reads, Book 5)
C: Good Book (Great Reads #5)
D: Good Book: Great Reads #5

What should you put in the page number field for an audiobook?
A: Nothing; always leave it blank.
B: The number of minutes.
C: The number of pages in the first print edi!on.
D: The number of hours rounded up.
E: The number of discs in the CD edi!on.

Which of the following people have the ability to use the Add an Alternate Cover Edi!on link?

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A: An author that has claimed their own author page

B: Goodreads Librarians
C: An author that has claimed their own author page, Goodreads Librarians, and Goodreads staff
D: Only superlibrarians and Goodreads staff
E: A and B
F: Any Goodreads user with a verified email address and an account at least 7 days old.

Which of the following should be listed as the primary author of a sacred text such as the Bible or Quran?
A: God
B: Anonymous
C: Unknown
D: Holy Book

When are you allowed to remove a cover image?

A: When it is a Cover Coming Soon! image
B: When the author asks you
C: When the cover changes
D: None of the above
E: All of the above

You find a book with the !tle listed as Good Book (Great Reads, Book 5). You should:
A: Remove all series informa!on from the !tle line.
B: Edit the !tle to Good Book (Great Reads #5).
C: Leave it alone. It's already correct.
D: Either A or B

The book Bonne Nuit was originally published under that !tle, in French, in two volumes. The 2 volumes are also available as a box
set. It was then published in an English transla!on (Good Night) in a single volume, as well as in German (Gute Nacht) in 3 volumes.
Which of the following should be combined into a single work?
A: Bonne Nuit, Vol. 1; Bonne Nuit, Vol. 2; Gute Nacht, Vol. 1; Gute Nacht, Vol. 2; Gute Nacht, Vol. 3; Good Night
B: Bonne Nuit, Vol. 1 & 2 (box set); Gute Nacht, Vol. 1; Good Night
C: Bonne Nuit, Vol. 1 & 2 (box set); Good Night
D: None of the above. Edi!ons published in different languages should not be combined.

Who can add/edit series pages?

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A: Goodreads Staff and Goodreads Librarians

B: Goodreads Staff and Goodreads Authors
C: only Goodreads Authors
D: only Goodreads Staff
E: only Goodreads Librarians

Who can merge two author profiles when one is a claimed Goodreads Author profile?
A: All librarians and Goodreads staff
B: An author that has claimed their own author page, all librarians, and Goodreads staff
C: Only Goodreads staff
D: Only superlibrarians and Goodreads staff

What kind of photo can you upload to an author's profile?

A: Any photo you find on the internet.
B: Any author photo from the publisher's website.
C: The author's profile photo from their Twi#er page.
D: Any author photo from Wikipedia.
E: A photo from a news website.
F: A photo of the author in the public domain (rare for a living author), or an author photo where you can demonstrate that you have permission from
the photo's copyright holder.

Joyous News has a 285-page hardcover, a 292-page paperback, and an audiobook that is 279 minutes long. What should you list for
the audiobook's page count?
A: 279 minutes is 4 hours and 39 minutes. So the page count should be listed as 5 (the number of hours, rounded up).
B: 285 pages, just like the hardcover, which has been shelved by the most users.
C: 292 pages: Use the length of the longest print edi!on.
D: None of the above. No page count should be listed for an audiobook.

How do Goodreads Librarians use the words "combine" and "merge"?

A: They are exact synonyms and can be used completely interchangeably.
B: Combining means taking two or more edi!ons and linking them into one work. No edi!ons are deleted. Merging means combining two edi!ons
that are actually duplicates, and then dele!ng one.
C: Merging means taking two or more edi!ons and linking them into one work. No edi!ons are deleted. Combining means combining two edi!ons
that are actually duplicates, and then dele!ng one.
D: None of the above

Which of the following statements is true when it comes to se"ng the format of a book?
A: Audiobooks with ASINs are to be listed as Audible Audio edi!ons.
B: Kindle edi!ons with ISBN numbers should be listed as ebooks.
C: Ebooks with pseudo-ISBNs that begin with "294" should be listed as Nook edi!ons.
D: Ebooks with ASINs are to be listed as Kindle edi!ons.
E: All of the above

If a series of books has two authors who have co-wri#en each book, which author profile(s) will the series appear on?

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A: Both authors' profiles

B: Only the profile of the author listed first on each book
C: Only the profile of the author listed second on each book
D: B automa!cally; A if you check the box on the series edit page
E: B automa!cally; C if you check the box on the series edit page
F: None of the above

Which of these is an award by Goodreads standards & may be entered in the award field?

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A: An award given to an author (example: Nobel Prize)

B: A literary award with a clear winner. (example: Adams Founda!on)
C: An award with no clear winner (example: NABE Pinnacle)
D: A “Best of” List from a magazine or newspaper (example: Globe & Mail's top reads for 2018)
E: A reading list (example: Tejas Reading List)
F: All of the above.

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