"Recently added" module with weird information - how to correct?

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"Recently added" module with weird information - how to correct?

1bnielsen
Oct 24, 2021, 4:07 pm

I recently added Book Id: 207410415 - Work Id: 8617631
The book is Oscar Umahro Cadogan: Køkkenrevolution på høje hæle

When I mouse over the book on my home page in the "Recently added" module it displays the title as
Krevolution p
and the author as Oscar Umahro Cadogan. Author is fine. Title is not.

I think the "Krevolution p" looks rather silly, but it doesn't come from either my book entry nor the work entry, so why does it display that way and how do I fix it?

(I think the "Krevolution p" comes from doing an "Add books" search for the ISBN number on the source "Det kongelige Bibliotek", so something is wrong with the z39.50 profiles match with LT, but that's another bug.)

2Taphophile13
Oct 24, 2021, 4:12 pm

I think it just needed combining.

3bnielsen
Modifié : Oct 25, 2021, 4:23 pm

>2 Taphophile13: Yes, it looks normal now. I'm still a bit curious about the cover it shows. Most popular cover for the book maybe? I'd prefer it showed my own cover and then the most popular cover if I hadn't provided one. But that's not a bug, methinks, so I'll close this. Thanks for the help!

https://www.librarything.com/work/8186736/book/206140529
shows this cover

rather than this

4gilroy
Oct 25, 2021, 9:00 am

>3 bnielsen: You can change the cover it shows to better match yours. If you use an Amazon cover, it is likely to change with the Site, so you want to go through the member provided covers. This is done through the Change Cover link on the left side of the work page.

5norabelle414
Oct 25, 2021, 9:07 am

>3 bnielsen: When I click on the link you provided, I see the second cover. Maybe it just needed some time to recalculate

6Foretopman
Oct 25, 2021, 10:58 am

>3 bnielsen: I'm pretty sure the "Recently added" module shows the most popular cover for the work, not the cover you have chosen for your book. (If that's not what you're talking about, I'm sorry, ignore me)

7MarthaJeanne
Modifié : Oct 25, 2021, 12:23 pm

On the OP's profile, under recently added, I see a cover that says Baskervilles Hund, certainly NOT the most popular cover for that work. On my home page for Did you see Melody? I saw my cover, and not the Keep her Safe cover that is most used for the work.

8norabelle414
Oct 25, 2021, 12:33 pm

My homepage "recently added" module shows the covers I have selected, not the most popular ones. (I know for sure because a lot of my recent books are audiobooks which have covers with different shapes than the most popular cover.)

9bnielsen
Oct 25, 2021, 3:10 pm

I think I was being less than crystal clear in my description :-)

The "Recently added" shows the covers I've chosen. But mouse over shows a pop-up with a different cover for some of the titles.

I hope that made sense!

10SandraArdnas
Oct 25, 2021, 3:26 pm

I think the mouseover always shows the default cover - the one shown on work page if you don't have a copy, on series pages and such

11bnielsen
Oct 25, 2021, 4:28 pm

>10 SandraArdnas: Yes, that makes sense. The pop-up shows the cover shown on the work page if I'm not logged in.

The only time this annoys me a bit is when I've added a few books without scanning the covers. When I then look at "Recent added" the pop-up isn't really helpful when it displays the Finnish title and cover :-)

But now I at least understand what's going on.