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message 1: by Beorn (last edited Aug 13, 2013 11:04AM) (new)

Beorn (bsceadugenga) | 227 comments For some reason, the Simon Scarrow The Revolution Quartet is listed as just Revolution 2. Surely Quartet should be included in that part of the title as that is how it is written in the books themselves?
The Generals

Also the publishing date is wrong as it says it was first published in 2008 when it was actually first published the year before in 2007.


message 2: by Banjomike (last edited Aug 13, 2013 11:43AM) (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments Done.

What tends to happen is that people will take the series from the book cover. The cover of this book says "Revolution 1795 - 1805" so someone adds Revolution as the series. It is fixable. And fixed.


message 3: by Beorn (new)

Beorn (bsceadugenga) | 227 comments Yeah, that's what i guessed had happened.
thanks sir!


message 4: by Beorn (last edited Aug 13, 2013 01:14PM) (new)

Beorn (bsceadugenga) | 227 comments I've just noticed that the Warrior Chronicles - which are only colloaquially and not officially known as the Saxon Stories - series is listed as the 'Saxon Stories' on here even though in all the books (both in the series and his other books).
The only time they're referred to as the Saxon Stories is by readers and not by the publisher or, usually, the author.

Confusingly Cornwell's website has the series subtitled as Saxon Stories, but likewise it has the Warlord Chronicles as 'The Arthur Stories' which surely negates any relevance to the series' listing on here? (As the Arthur books are listed as Warlord Chronicles).


message 5: by Banjomike (new)

Banjomike | 5166 comments If the author is happy for his own website to refer the the series as "The Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories" then it suggests that either "Warrior Chronicles" OR "Saxon Stories" is acceptable. Goodreads doesn't have a way of assigning two different titles to a series other than by duplicating the entire thing which means both series then need to be maintained forever. Yuk. I suppose we could rename the series as "Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories" but that is still a bit yukky.

We are happy to do "colloquially" especially if the official website more or less agrees.

The Warlord books are on his site as "The Arthur Books" which sounds more like the Hitchhikers Guide to ... somewhere or other.


message 6: by Beorn (new)

Beorn (bsceadugenga) | 227 comments it's just odd how it's only ever written in his books as the Warrior Chronicles though. I think there's only even a mention of "Saxon Stories" on there because lots of people insist on calling the series that even though it's not called that.
especially when you add in that if you search for "The Arthur Stories" on here you don't get the right series.
Likewise if someone new to his books looks up what it says in the books, Warrior Chronicles, they won't get directed to any of the books I the series.
I've nothing against having the colloquial name o here but to me it makes just as much if not more sense to have the OFFICIAL title on here somehow.
As I said, Saxon Stories is purely colloquial, Warrior Chronicles the official title, yet searching for the latter on here gets you nothing.


message 7: by Beorn (new)

Beorn (bsceadugenga) | 227 comments And if you look at how the titles are listed on his site, Warlord Chronicles has prominence over 'The Arthur Stories' and are listed on here as the Warlord Chronicles. Yet Warrior Chronicles has prominence over Saxon Stories yet doesn't get a look in.


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