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Subject: favorite books
Date Posted: 7/11/2010 10:46 PM ET
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I listed 10 favorite books, but they are not the ones that are showing on my

profile.  ??

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Date Posted: 7/11/2010 10:54 PM ET
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I see 10 "Favorite Books" in your profile, Adrienne.  Are they the wrong books?

If so, did you put them in there by title or by ISBN?

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Date Posted: 7/11/2010 11:04 PM ET
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I've found that even when I put books on my profile by ISBN, books with the same title by a different author show up. 

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Date Posted: 7/11/2010 11:16 PM ET
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think by title, I'll try isbn and see what happens

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Date Posted: 7/11/2010 11:22 PM ET
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I've posted by ISBN, and the books don't stick.  The right one will be there;  then another book with the same title shows up in it's place.  

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Date Posted: 7/11/2010 11:28 PM ET
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so far so good....

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Date Posted: 7/12/2010 10:00 AM ET
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I think they finally got this fixed--I noticed that when I updated the "books I'm reading" it's still actually showing the right ones when I went back later to check.

Cheryl

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Date Posted: 8/7/2010 6:48 PM ET
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Where does the profile pull the books to populate the "Favorite Books" list?  I keep deleting mine but they keep coming back! 

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Date Posted: 8/7/2010 9:21 PM ET
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I think if you don't add anything yourself, it pulls them from your BIR (Books I've Read) list.

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Date Posted: 8/8/2010 9:15 PM ET
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It's changing my books again.  Argh.  No, I do not want that book, I want the other with the same title!

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Date Posted: 8/9/2010 2:52 PM ET
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If you can't get it to work by title, try using the ISBN, Emily. 

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Date Posted: 8/9/2010 2:58 PM ET
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Yuppers, mine is also fussy unless I use ISBN.

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Date Posted: 8/9/2010 3:22 PM ET
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I used ISBN.  And it was still fussy.  Sticking now.

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Date Posted: 8/9/2010 4:07 PM ET
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Me too Emily, it's a fun but not effortless feature, yet  smiley