Naming issue....

[Rindis]

Got a small problem. Just came across a case of three different books that got combined somehow. When I was finished separating them, I realized why this had happened. The names of the three books are:

Rome's Enemies (1): Germanics and Dacians
Rome's Enemies (2): Gallic and British Celts
Rome's Enemies (3): Parthians and Sassanid Persians

...with further parenthetical comments denoting series information and format. Of course, with the parenthetical numbers, all three show up on the combine page as:
Rome's Enemies
http://www.goodreads.com/book/combine...

But, those parenthesis are part of the printed title of the books. Any thoughts on keeping that intact while reducing confusion on the GoodReads display?

(...I think I'd better start looking up the other places where Osprey used this pattern....)

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

There will probably be better solutions, but you could add a librarian note to each work giving the full title or just a "Don't combine with..."

[mlady_rebecca]

I would probably just drop the parenthesis in the names.

"Rome's Enemies 1: Germanics and Dacians"
is as readable as
"Rome's Enemies (1): Germanics and Dacians"

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I agree.

[Rindis]

While I understand the sentiment, the pedantic part of me has problems with the fact that the parenthesis are part of the title as done by the publisher. I just don't like renaming something away from what the original intent was.