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Combined but can't change the cover

1Robertgreaves
Août 10, 2020, 11:39 pm

If I look at my catalogue I see Petir by Dee Lestari here: http://www.librarything.com/work/211660/172285067

If I follow the touchstone I end up here: http://www.librarything.com/work/211660/summary

But I am unable to change the cover from the entry the touchstone leads to. Although my name is listed as having recently added the book, there doesn't seem to be any way to edit the book details.

2SandraArdnas
Modifié : Août 11, 2020, 8:21 am

You can't change the cover shown for the book in general, it shows the one most commonly used. Unfortunately, the grainy one is the only one used by 2 members who have the book. I tried 'recalculate cover' in under advanced options in the lower right corner of the work page, but it still retains the grainy one. Only when at least two members use another cover would it be possibly to change the default cover.

That said, the touchestone should lead you to your catalogued copy with its own cover (but when you just hover over the link it shows general info).

Possible workaround for default cover shown is to add two more copies of the work, chose the higher res cover for them, recalculate cover and when it changes the default, delete the surplus ones

3gilroy
Août 11, 2020, 9:06 am

>2 SandraArdnas:
Uh, no, the Touchstone only goes to the work, not to your specific book. It will only go to a specific book if you have the link itself.

42wonderY
Août 11, 2020, 11:16 am

>Do you have the cover you want now? It seems to have changed from yesterday.

5Robertgreaves
Août 11, 2020, 7:21 pm

>2 SandraArdnas: >3 gilroy: I don't remember other touchstones ever taking me to an entry which didn't show my particular cover and which I couldn't edit.

6Robertgreaves
Août 11, 2020, 7:21 pm

>4 2wonderY: It's still unchanged

7Robertgreaves
Août 11, 2020, 7:29 pm

>2 SandraArdnas: >3 gilroy: If for example I hover over the touchstone for Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, I see the default cover but if I click on the touchstone I get taken to the main page showing my cover.

82wonderY
Modifié : Août 11, 2020, 8:15 pm

>6 Robertgreaves: When I click on your first link, out of your catalog, I see the cover you added in March.

It's got a purple hexagon rather than the fuzzy eye cover of yesterday. Try recalculating cover.

9Robertgreaves
Août 12, 2020, 3:05 am

>8 2wonderY: I recalculated the cover. The catalogue link shows the purple hexagon, which is what I want. The touchstone link takes me to a main page which shows the cover with the ring and which I cannot edit, though that is not how touchstones work with other books, where I'm taken to the main page for my catalogue entry.

10SandraArdnas
Août 13, 2020, 12:03 am

Yes, in my experience, all links, be it touchestones, search result links or something else, normally open your book page if you have it catalogued.