User talk:Jamesmclellan

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Colony

I accepted your addition of Colony, but had to make some changes:

• Cover Image: We can only use images from sites that have given us permission. As such, I changed it to an Amazon image.
• Price: Prices need to have the currency symbol as we deal in multiple currencies. I have added "$" as this seemed to be a US book.
• Pages: We don't record page count for ebooks.
• Date: You provided a date of 2017, but the entry is for the ebook with an ISBN of 978-1-73684-390-1. Multiple sites show the release date for this ebook as being 2021. I have changed the date to that and then created a new entry for the original 2017 print version.

ISFDB has some conventions that need learning so please check out the help links in the welcome message above. And let us know if you have any questions (ISFDB:Help desk is a good resource for asking). -- JLaTondre (talk) 09:11, 18 December 2021 (EST)

Recent Additions

I accepted your recent submissions, but had to make a couple of changes:

• When using Amazon cover images, the URL needs to be edited to remove the underscores and everything in between. So https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41HNMx1cGsL._AC_UY218_.jpg becomes https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41HNMx1cGsL.jpg
• Publication Webpages: ISFDB supports web links at the publication level, title level, and author level. The author level is for webpages about the author including their website. The title level is for webpages about that specific title regardless of edition (i.e. a webpage about the novel regardless if what edition - print, ebook). The pub level is for webpages about that specific printing / edition (i.e. a webpage specific to the first print edition). As such, I removed your author website form all pubs. For Cradle of the Sun, I moved the supplied link from the pub level to the title record.

Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2022 (EST)