Question: How to Fix Google Books Quick Link

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Question: How to Fix Google Books Quick Link

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1PortiaLong
mei 12, 2018, 10:25 am

Can somebody point me to where I can learn how to Fix the Google Books Quick Link?

The book in question is:
The Boy Scouts Afloat
https://www.librarything.com/work/1863040/summary

The Google Books Quick Link says "no information" and I get an unformatted white box with a bit of text frame when I click that.

The book exists on Google Books here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=KEhXAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PP6&ots=TpHu9S7bjb&am...

2PortiaLong
mei 12, 2018, 10:26 am

OR, should I be posting this question in Combiners! (I haven't been here in a while)

32wonderY
mei 14, 2018, 6:58 am

I think those links are only available when staff does a data sweep, which is infrequent.

What I've taken to doing is adding "Online edition:" in the book description field.

I've recommended a CK box for this data, but there was no response.

You could also add the link in your comments or private comments field in your catalog.

4lesmel
mei 14, 2018, 11:25 am

Quick links won't work for this title no matter what. It doesn't have an ISBN in the LT data. The book was published in 1912...so you are out of luck. There's a known bug with the "by title" QL URLs here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/105594

There's also a bug report about Google Books and ISBNs: https://www.librarything.com/topic/251262

The other half of this seems to be a (new) bug. The lightbox ("unformatted white box with a bit of text frame") doesn't display correctly. There should be a close option in that lightbox.

And lastly, I'm pretty sure the Disambiguation Notice is not the proper place for embedding the Google Books reader.