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Multiple edition records for the same IA scan
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Description
The scan `ia:notesurlenonvomi310flou` was imported to OpenLibrary 3 separate times over the course of 3 months, creating 3 separate edition records (and associated works). This creates confusion for users and extra work for volunteers.
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### Relevant url?
29 Jun 2011 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24707966M
15 July 2011 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24773561M
25 Aug 2011 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24980473M
All three records are identical, except for timestamps (which are approximately a month apart, not adjacent) and cover IDs (not sure why new covers are being created).
### Steps to Reproduce
See above URLs
* Actual: multiple edition records for a single IA scan
* Expected: No more than one edition record for each IA scan (perhaps multiple scans on a single edition record if the same edition has been scanned multiple times)
### Proposal & Constraints
I haven't surveyed the database to see how frequent the problem is, so someone should do that.
### Stakeholders
@hornc @mekarpeles
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