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gansz -> RE: The Granada School of Guitar-makers (Jul. 15 2014 12:05:58)
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Indeed, a database is only as good as the cataloguing of its individual records, and Amazon's "authority" controls leave much to be desired.
The U.S. Amazon site copied the U.K. site's misinformation.
As one of the book's authors, I jumped through all of the Amazon hoops and provided them with accurate information with which to revise their listing. They rejected all of my additions and corrections, citing "insufficient evidence."
So I jumped through all of the same hoops again, this time providing them with scans of the title page, table of contents, etc. Again, they rejected the updates saying I had supplied insufficient evidence(!!!!).
At that point I went ballistic and spent literally half a work-day trying to get somebody on the telephone at Amazon. Not an easy task! When I finally got a live human being in a position of authority, I read him the riot act and demamded satisfaction.
Well, they made most of the changes, but still don't list John Ray as the Editor and, last I looked, still have it listed as a paperback.
Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/escuela-Granadina-guitarreros-The-Granada-Guitar-makers/dp/8478075372
It's tough enough assuring accurate information makes it into print, let alone having to deal with the WalMart of the bookselling world distributing inaccurate and faulty product descriptions, then insisting they're right.
Please do pursue a copy via your local, friendly, 'neighborhood' music store.
Cheers,
David
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