Make it so an exact ISBN match takes you to the edition page (unless you find a duplicate)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Open Library |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Edward Betts |
Bug Description
Right now, if you do a search for an ISBN - e.g. http://
This is from direct feedback by our super editor "Fiction Addiction":
"It would also be very helpful if there was some way to send a searcher to a specific edition of a book given certain search parameters. For instance, we usually search by ISBN, which only applies to one edition, but we're sent to the book page that sometimes lists 12 editions or more, and it's a hassle to have to click through all of them to find the one we're looking for."
Changed in openlibrary: | |
assignee: | nobody → Edward Betts (edwardbetts) |
milestone: | none → general-bucket |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Confirmed |
These URLs now take you straight to the edition:
http:// openlibrary. org/search? q=0738208612 openlibrary. org/search? q=isbn: 0738208612 openlibrary. org/search? isbn=0738208612
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