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re: Books in my wishlist that are available
The related editions-option is on, cause for some books it does work. Manual adds are probably part of the problem, and I wish Bookmooch would work like Librarything with more book source than one. It probably has to do with contracts with Amazon, but for me as a Dutch speaker, it's annoying. I always have to add Dutch books manually. The other problem is that Amazon's database of books is not quite straightforward either. e.g. if you want to add Huckleberry Finn, there are numerous options. If you choose the Penguin Classics (i'm just making this up on the spot), you'll see 5 people who hve the book on their wishlist. If you add another version, there are no people who want that book. It's especially problematic with short story collections. I e.g. have added a short story collection of Angus Wilson in my collection that's on no one's wishlist. There are however quite a few people who are looking for a best of the short stories of Angus Wilson, but from a different publisher. Would they be happy with my book? Not necessarily (maybe they are really looking for that particular book), but the chances are bigger. So books that are manually entered and the incredibly messy database of Amazon is I think what's causing the problem. That combines with the out-of-date browsing part of the Bookmooch-website makes me believe that there could be a lot more mooching going on if the database was a bit refined.
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