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Could I ask that Mad Cave, (being the holders of Flash Gordon, Gatchaman and Dick Tracy licenses) be considered for the list above?
We were debating on this one, but it didn’t make the cut. It has now been added back! This list (with Mad Cave) probably won’t change any time soon. Thank you for the feedback.
For older series updates, do you still want us to post here that we have submitted updates through the app?
I’ve been doing that when submitting things to core through the app.
Yeah, that can definitely help getting your submissions processed.
How do you submit to core in the app?
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Just tap the comic you want to submit. On its details page, tap the Action button on the bottom, then from the action menu, choose Submit to Core.
How long would you say, on average, will it take for a Submit To Core posting to get a response? I was very happy with the Forum post system, because it worked way faster than Submit To Core did. There are ancient submissions of mine on Submit To Core that have never been processed (from just before the Forum became the way to submit, so I wonder if they were just dumped?) Given that my collection contains lots of stuff from smaller presses, I now wonder if I’m stuck in the slow lane. This is a really depressing move. There are even individual SDCC exclusive issues that Covr Price has values for that aren’t yet in Core, and now won’t be for a long time, because they’re from smaller companies. (Also, some missing covers that I sent in under the Forum system, and which then appeared on the app, have gone missing again.) I’d really like to hear a timescale for Submit To Core. Thanks!
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It would be nice if there was some mechanism to tell us that something submitted to core was actually done.
I’ll follow the new rules, which means that most of my submissions with be by submitting to core at this point.
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I echo a few other users above - I’ve always struggled to determine if/ when something I’ve submitted to core has been accepted. Is there a mechanism to determine this?
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Same, I’ve submitted many books over the years and as far as I can tell they’ve never been added.
Maybe a “My Submissions” menu that lists submissions you’ve made with a simple “Pending”, “Accepted” or “Rejected” message along side?
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In the past few years, we have had a huge backlog in submissions. Which has caused huge delays in processing them.
Currently, we do NOT have a backlog. All submissions are being processed (or rejected) within a week.
There currently is no way to determine if your submission has been accepted or rejected. We may create something for that later.
Yes, I understand. But that system also meant that our content managers have been working almost full time to process these reports, manually creating Core entries, manually copy/pasting all the information in, manually adding the cover images.
This is fine for the more “urgent” missing comics and variants, but highly inefficient for the folder and more obscure stuff. For those, a nicely filled in submission is much easier to process into Core, with our existing CMS tools.
Please understand that the ONLY reason we are implementing these new rules, is to get all missing stuff added in a more efficient way, whether it is new or old, whether it is highly popular or very obscure.
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Okay, hearing that makes me a lot happier. A system that lets us know whether our submissions had been accepted or rejected, and why, would make this process very effective, because then we could try again if there’s just one detail missing, say, and our work wouldn’t go to waste. And I can see that, just this morning, my latest round of submissions have been accepted! Good response, great customer service, thank you!
So for new series like La Muerta/Lady Death Inferno from Coffin Comics, we add a totally new book to our local database, fill out all of the information described above, and then use Submit to Core? Just want to make sure I’m following the newly desired rules. 
If so, what do we put for the variant ID? Just pick something like “A”, “B”, “C”, etc… and submit it?
Yes, that is the idea.
If it is a totally new issue that is not in Core yet, use “A”.
If there are variants already, just use the next free spot, but don’t worry about that too much, we will fix as needed.
Another thing that would be helpful when submitting from core, is the ability to leave some notes/comments for whoever ends up doing the adding.
Sometimes I run into a series that I’m adding the issue I have, but there are other issues missing that I can note and then they can all get added at once.
Or other notes for the approver.
Is there a way to copy creators from one variant to another? To submit a new variant, I’ve been dong the following steps:
- Adding the latest (or closest) variant of a particular book locally
- Unlinking that variant from core
- Updating the information for the new variant (including the new cover image)
- Submitting my modified entry to core as the new variant
The problem is, when I unlink from core, it erases all of the creator information. Often times everything is identical except maybe the cover artist or variant description. That is often very frustrating, especially if a book has a lot of information. (I’d be quite happy if unlinking didn’t remove the creator data.)
Or do you want us to just update what is different, and then submit; relying on whoever processes the submission to copy all of the creator stuff from a previous variant? (Which is what I have been doing.)
(Honestly, a “Copy Creator” feature would have been nice in a few different instances… maybe we can add that as a new feature request!) 
Thanks!