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message 1: by Drace (last edited Oct 03, 2022 06:33AM) (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments This is going to be a big one. Apologies.

There are a very large amount of issues with multiple editions of the anthology Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror. I'm going to break them down by each edition.

Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror (First Paperback Edition, ISBN 9781626411074)

The author list is incomplete. The correct author list is as follows (taken from the back cover of the book):
Lynne Jamneck (Editor)
Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor)
Tamsyn Muir (Contributor)
Cat Hellisen (Contributor)
Caitlín R. Kiernan (Contributor)
Lucy Brady (Contributor)
Marly Youmans (Contributor)
Sonya Taaffe (Contributor)
Gemma Files (Contributor)
Molly Tanzer (Contributor)
Kelda Crich (Contributor)
Karen Heuler (Contributor)
Lois H. Gresh (Contributor)
Nancy Kilpatrick (Contributor)
E.R. Knightsbridge (Contributor)
Amanda Downum (Contributor)
Christine Morgan (Contributor)
Storm Constantine (Contributor)
Elizabeth Bear (Contributor)
Sarah Monette (Contributor)
R.A. Kaelin (Contributor)

Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror (Kindle Edition, ASIN B01CSOTP9C)
The Kindle edition is missing the entirety of the author list. It's also missing its ASIN number (B01CSOTP9C).

Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror (ebook edition, ISBN 9781626411111)
The publication date is incorrect. It should be April 12, 2016.

Dreams from the Witch House (Second Paperback Edition, ISBN 9781725798175)
This edition is missing the proper author list. Also, Amanda Downum's name is misspelled as Amanda Downman; this should be corrected. Furthermore, the publisher is listed as CreateSpace, but the book is still published by Dark Regions Press.

Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror Campaign (I am referring to this as the Douglas Edition, will explain why in a moment. ISBN 9781626411104)
The publication date (April 12, 2016) is missing from this edition. Also, the word "Campaign" is listed in the title, but it is not part of it. Finally, the author list is missing, but there's one notable change here. In this case, the author Colleen Douglas should be added as a contributor between Joyce Carol Oates and Tamsyn Muir. Douglas is not present in other publications of this anthology because it turned out her short story plagiarized a Clark Ashton Smith short story and was removed as a result. However, this appears to be the edition released before she was excised from the collection, and as such should be left in.

The Limited Edition Hardcover
The hardcover edition of this anthology has a duplicate issue. The ISBN is 9781626411173, but the page for that number is listed as a separate book from the other editions. Furthermore, it is missing the book's description, author list (the version of the list without Colleen Douglas), publisher (Dark Regions Press), and has an incorrect publication date (should actually be April 12 2016).

There is a duplicate edition of the hardcover that is connected to the other editions of the book: Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror Deluxe Limited Edition Hardback . However, this edition is missing the ISBN, has the incorrect publication date, and does not have proper cover art. These two editions need to be merged.

I know this is a massive undertaking, but I am infinitely grateful to any and all librarians who take up this task. Thank you.


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Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Bumping.


message 3: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Bumping again.


message 4: by ERI (new)

ERI ES (itsakirex) | 4245 comments #1 done (author list)


message 5: by MysteriousPanda (last edited Oct 26, 2022 11:31PM) (new)

MysteriousPanda | 22 comments the kindle edition already had its ASIN # when I checked just now. Its not showing on the page but it is in there when I click edit book. I added the contributors.

the ebook edition already had the date updated when I checked.

second paperback edition already seems to be updated completely.

douglas edition, date was already added, but I added the contributor list and the extra contributor. removed the word campaign in the title

I have not done anything with the limited edition hardcover one tho, if I have time later I will come back to it, otherwise another librarian is welcome to work on it.


message 6: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Thanks for catching the Kindle ASIN thing. I made this post when Goodreads was rolling out the new book page design to everyone and for whatever reason, ASINs aren't visible on it. Still baffled why the company that owns this website and makes Kindles would design the new page so that it doesn't show the ID code that books use on their own device.

Thank you so much for all the help with this project, you have no idea how much it's appreciated.

One more request on top of the hardcover: Could you please add the "Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror" subtitle to the second paperback edition? It doesn't have it here, but it's still listed on the publisher page.


message 7: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments It's been two weeks, so I'm bumping the thread. The hardcover still needs to be corrected, and the second edition paperback needs its subtitle added.


message 8: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Drace wrote: "It's been two weeks, so I'm bumping the thread. The hardcover still needs to be corrected, and the second edition paperback needs its subtitle added."

Another two weeks have passed. These are still the last issues that need to be corrected.


message 9: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Drace wrote: "It's been two weeks, so I'm bumping the thread. The hardcover still needs to be corrected, and the second edition paperback needs its subtitle added."

Bumping once again. The subtitle for the second paperback edition has been added, but the hardcover issues still need to be cleaned up.


message 10: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Bumping again. Hardcover edition issues still need to be taken care of.


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Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Bumping again.


message 12: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments It's been a very long time, but I picked up a copy of this book today so I figure now's a good a time as any to bump the thread.

All of the issues in the OP have been taken care of except for the ones pertaining to the hardcover edition.


message 13: by Drace (new)

Drace (dracenines) | 7367 comments Bump. The hardcover issues are the only ones still present.


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