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Can suffixes and prefixes be included in author names?

A: All suffixes can be included
B: Only social suffixes can be included (Jr., Sr., + roman numerals)
C: Both prefixes and suffixes can be included
D: Suffixes and prefixes should not be included

Who is listed as the author for sacred texts?

A: Anonymous
B: Various
C: Unknown
D: the book's publisher

Which of these is an award by Goodreads standards & may be entered in the award field?
A: An award given to an author (example: Nobel Prize)
B: A literary award with a clear winner. (example: Adams Foundation)
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.

An author has published a few books under the name “Stacy B. Love” and completely different books under the name “S.B. Lot”. She is
requesting to merge the two author profiles into a single author profile because she wants all of her books under the same page. You
can:
A: Tell them that it's not possible to merge the two; however, you can suggest to add “Stacy B. Love” as a secondary author on the books published
under “S.B. Lot” and viceversa, if they want. Doing this will tie all the titles together.
B: Merge the two profiles, and then edit the name that will remain to how the author prefers it. This will tie all the titles together.
C: Merge the two profiles and then set their name as "Stacy B. Lot/Love". This will properly tie all the titles together.
D: Merge the two profiles and set their name as "Stacy B. Love/Lot". Doing this will properly tie all the titles together.

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

Which of the following is a correctly formatted author name?

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A: John Q.R. Public

B: John QR Public
C: John Q. R. Public
D: Either A or C

Which of the following statements is false?

A: To convert an ISBN10 into an ISBN13, just add 978 to the beginning.
B: To convert an ISBN10 into an ISBN13, add 978 to the beginning and recalculate the check digit.
C: To convert an ISBN10 into an ISBN13, just use one of the online converters.
D: B or C

When a short story only published in an anthology wins an award you:

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A: Create a new book record for the short story and add the award to it.
B: Create a new book record for the short story and add the award to both the anthology and the single book record.
C: Add the award to the anthology.
D: You don't add the award.

Which of the following is an acceptable source for cover images?

A: Any online retailer
B: World Cat
C: Any image on Google
D: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Google Books
E: Amazon, Book Depository, publisher websites

Which of the following is true about entering awards in the award field?
A: Awards are case sensitive.
B: Awards have to match exactly. If you enter the Gold Star Award, when other entries are Gold Star Awards, they won't display together.
C: To get the date and the award category you have to enter the awards in two stages.
D: All of the above.

When creating a new series, you:

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A: Add it to the title field of each book; they will automatically be added to a new series page.
B: Add it from the edit book page.
C: Add it from the edit author page.
D: A or C
E: B or C

How should the name "Annejet van der Zijl" be sorted in the shelf display field?
A: annejet van der, zijl
B: Zijl, Annejet van der
C: Annejet van der, Zijl
D: zijl, annejet van der

If multiple books have been reprinted together that are not part of a series, all of the included titles should be listed in the title field.
Which of the following is the preferred separator between the individual book titles?

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A: a forward slash
B: a comma
C: an ampersand
D: brackets
E: parentheses
F: none of the above

Which of the following is true about quotes on Goodreads?

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A: Quotes should only be from notable people.

B: Quotes can be from any source (books, spoken words, news articles, etc.)
C: When a quote is by an author whose name has initials (H.G. Wells, J.K. Rowling), don't put spaces between the initials.
D: All of the above
E: None of the above

What material can be included in the total page count for the number of pages of a book?
A: End material like: acknowledgments, afterwords, appendices, bibliographies, glossaries, indexes, notes, and suggested discussion questions
B: Introductory material paged using roman numerals
C: Advertisements and preview chapters for other books
D: All of the above
E: None of the above

When you create a book record for an audiobook that is published with an Amazon ASIN identifier, which is the correct book format
to enter on Goodreads?
A: Audiobook
B: The format information should not be added to the book record at all.
C: Manually write in 'Audio Edition'.
D: Audible Audio

Which of the following people have the ability to use the Add an Alternate Cover Edition link?
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 is not considered published according to GR policy and therefore should not be added to the database and
should be removed when found?

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A: short story released exclusively through preorder campaign

B: complete Wattpad/fanfiction/Archive of Our Own/etc. works
C: Kindle editions from Amazon that are no longer available to purchase
D: out of print works a GR author wishes to remove
E: all of the above
F: none of the above

You have in your hands a book with the same ISBN as a book already on Goodreads, but it has a different cover. Your cover is also
shown for that ISBN on Amazon. Which of the following should you do?
A: Delete the current cover and upload one that matches your copy, taken from Amazon.
B: Delete the current cover and upload one that matches your copy, taken from any website.
C: Using the Add an Alternate Cover Edition link, create a new edition with your cover.
D: Using the Add a New Edition link, create a new edition with your cover. Then move the ISBN from the older edition to your newly-created edition.

A publisher has released 10 books, all with the common theme "Pocket-Sized Shapeshifters", which they are marketing as a series.
None of the books share characters. You should:
A: Create a series page. After all, the publisher calls it a series, and they would know.
B: Check Amazon. If Amazon considers it a series, then it should be a series on Goodreads too.
C: Check the authors' websites. If they consider it a series, then it should be a series on Goodreads too.
D: Not create a series page. A common theme is insufficient to be a series on Goodreads.