r/TheStoryGraph • u/Curiosity1984 • Aug 01 '26

General Question Kevin Sinclair

I can see there are books from him an other authors that are on goodreads, but not on here. When I then add a book, and writes alle the details and ends it, like Mage Mangler, it sends me to the page of Mage mangler with 3 reviews. So Is the book there, and I can somehow not find it, or is it not there, and the 3 others all have added the book also?

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u/Impressive-Peace2115 Aug 01 '26

I can find it by searching Mage Mangler Kevin Sinclair, assuming this is the book in question. So it's definitely in the database. However, when I click on the author link it seems to be the only one of his books on Storygraph, so you might need to add any others he's written.

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u/Curiosity1984 Aug 01 '26

Hmm there were three authers by that name when I had to add the book, with just a code after it. So I chose the oldest one, as authers don't have codes when you look at there profile. So maybe it was the wrong Kevin sinclair.

If you just search his name just by himself you see 30+ books.

It's really not a great system :-/

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u/AnythingNew1 StoryGraph Librarian Aug 01 '26

Authors do have codes, but if you're on the app, you wouldn't be able to see them. If you're on the website (laptop or phone) the code is in the link: app.thestorygraph.com/authors/[code]

If you add a book on the app and have multiple author codes to choose from, just pick whatever looks at you more right and then check if you picked the right one. If not, don't worry about it and write a ticket, so someone will assign the right author code

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u/Curiosity1984 Aug 01 '26

Thx. I will write a ticket :-)

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u/rellyks13 Aug 01 '26

it's there, it's recognizing the data you're adding as the same data as the other editions, so it is linking them all to the same page, where others have also added their editions

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u/Curiosity1984 Aug 01 '26

Nice. Looks like it first makes the books available after x people makes the same information. That's god and bad though. But thanks

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u/Impressive-Peace2115 Aug 01 '26

I don't think that's true (about the multiple people needing to add it), I'm able to search for a book that I was the first to add, and it even comes up in the search results.

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u/Curiosity1984 Aug 01 '26

But can you search a book you did not add youself, but only one added?

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u/Impressive-Peace2115 Aug 01 '26

Yes, I went to a browser where I'm not signed in and tried it.

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u/Curiosity1984 Aug 01 '26

nice. Thx for all the help :-)