Series book with parentheses in the titles

[Amber]

I added a new edition of Starring Jules As Herself and at the same time created the series "Starring Jules", however when I did that, the part of the book title inside the parentheses disappeared and was replaced by the series title. So I went back and edited the titles of both editions and replaced the parentheses with square brackets but I'm not sure if that was the right thing to do. Please let me know! I also need to add the second book in the series which is already in goodreads but the author is listed as Beth Levine Ain (the other books are under Beth Ain) so I'm not sure what I need to do there either.
Thanks

[Ellie]

If you add the series title in parentheses (Starring Jules, #1) behind the title paretheses, than the last parentheses should be replaced by the series title on the book page. Although it is no longer obligatory, many librarians add the series title to the book title to make it come up in the search. This is especially helpful with foreign editions that often have a different series title. However, I'm not quite sure whether this is the best solution. Perhaps you should rather see the "as herself" as a subtitle and use a colon (--> Starring Jules: As Herself).

As for the second question, all you need to do is going to the series page, for example, through the series link on the book page, hitting the edit button and then "add books" where you can search for the book.

I just saw that Beth is a GR author so you should also make a request in the Merge GR authors thread to merge the two profiles (just provide the links of the two profiles there).

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Amber wrote: "So I went back and edited the titles of both editions and replaced the parentheses with square brackets but I'm not sure if that was the right thing to do."

It's not optimal, because we use those for specific things. Instead, I suggest treating it as a subtitle. I made it Starring Jules: As Herself.

[Amber]

Thank you :-)