Merge duplicates in the library#28

When searching to build up my library, there are multiple entries for many books. If a friend has interacted with one it’s relatively easy to make sure I choose the same one. But there are still plenty of examples in my library where friends have read different versions of the same book, when I see a book/review on their timeline it doesn’t show up as me having read it. Recursion by Blake Crouch is one example.

For different releases of the same book I think it would make sense to have the different releases listed under a single book entry.

Unsure if this is a duplicate of: Different editions#27

As a note on this, I’ve noticed that some books that have been imported from Goodreads show up with no information associated- no cover art, no book description. Some books have so many duplicate editions and a good chunk of those are missing key information

Hopefully whatever is planned for merges still allows for it to be clear what book you actually read, e.g. it makes sense for the same book in different formats (hardcover, paperback, ebook) to be somehow linked, but it should be clear what format a person added. (Different editions entirely should not be linked together in the same way; e.g. later reissued with new introductions or added material.)

It seems like it’s been 2 years, how soon is the implementation planned?