Book exists on Amazon but cannot find in add books search

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Book exists on Amazon but cannot find in add books search

1bnsmith
Dec 26, 10:27 am

Not sure if this is a common problem or not
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681025523 is the book in question. (I added it manually) (A deeper Look at Elementary Differential Equations)
I tried to add via ISBN number. 978-1681025520
Does not show up when trying to add books

regards
Brian

2MarthaJeanne
Dec 26, 10:36 am

Overcat has many editions if you search nytitle.

3bnsmith
Dec 26, 11:24 am

Unless I am doing something wrong, I don't see it
BTW there is only one edition
(I know the author)
Brian

4gilroy
Dec 26, 2:52 pm

Search with or without the dash in the ISBN?

5waltzmn
Dec 26, 3:18 pm

I observe that although Amazon lists the book, they consider it unavailable: no copies and they don't know if they can get more. And a google search for the ISBN yielded only that Amazon page. My guess, therefore, is that this is an Amazon problem, not a LibraryThing problem, though I'm not quite sure enough to close the bug. :-)

6bnsmith
Dec 27, 8:30 am

>4 gilroy: I have tried multiple searches, I guess I should have kept track, fairly certain I did one dash, and other combinations.

7bnsmith
Dec 27, 8:32 am

>5 waltzmn: Hmm should that drive logic that says not to respond though? Is there a way to see what Amazon replied?

8kristilabrie
Dec 27, 10:18 am

>2 MarthaJeanne: What search term did you use? I'm finding nothing on Overcat when searching for "A Deeper Look at Elementary Differential Equations, Miller" or "A Deeper Look at Elementary Differential Equations".

9kristilabrie
Dec 27, 10:21 am

>1 bnsmith: Given the scarcity of the title in question, I'm going to lean towards this not being a bug on us, so I'm closing it for now. If you notice something on another title, though, please reopen or start a new report and I'll be happy to dive deeper into this!

(To answer >7 bnsmith:, I don't have monitoring tools to see what Amazon replied for the search, I'd have to check with ccatalfo to see if there's anything we have, but he's out for the holidays unfortunately.)