Multiple editions of The Hobbit need merging

[Michelle]

When searching GR's database for The Hobbit, two editions appear on the main page.

1)http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...

2) http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82...

[Cait]

One of those is an annotated edition which has been deliberately separated.

[Michelle]

Even though it is still the same text?

[Monique]

It's not technically the same text because it is annotated. These should definitely stay separate.

[Cait]

The idea is that the annotations are content which is significant cataloging-wise, so the contents of the two books are different. (This is opposed to content which is considered incidental, such as forewords; an edition with a foreword would be combined with an edition without.)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Reviewing past discussions, while there was some debate, it looks like general practice has been in favor of combining annotated editions with the others.

[Empress]

rivka wrote: "Reviewing past discussions, while there was some debate, it looks like general practice has been in favor of combining annotated editions with the others."

For future reference, should we combine with the annotated editions or leave separate?

What about book that contains the book and a Criticism?

Edit: And what about books with different forward? The differences can be from 1 to more then 40 pages of forward.

Another question - revised and update editions? Combine or not.