Goodreads Librarians Group discussion
Serieses!
>
correcting flow for a series
date
newest »
newest »
If issue #0 should be read between 12 and 13 then leave it there and add a note in the description as here:https://www.goodreads.com/series/4962...
This is one reason why Goodreads does not encourage individual comics.
If it's a prequel, no matter when it's published, it should go at the top. Series are usually in series numbered order and not publication order, unless otherwise specified.With 23.1 and 23.2 they should be numbered such in the list. All other books should be numbered as they are on the book and placed accordingly (I can't think of any series off the top of my head that have half numbers currently). This is particularly important as the series number that's given on that list will replace any information in brackets in the actual book title (if that makes sense).
As for collections/compilations, they tend to get listed in the series as, for example, "1-5", meaning that it contains issues/books 1 through to 5. These are listed at the bottom under the individual issues but also in series order. An example can be found here.
Anyway, I've renumbered it for you so that all numbers now correspond to the numbers on the books themselves and have moved the one with "#0" to the top.
A prequel can be stuffed with spoilers and/or reboot especially if it is intended to be read at position 13 in the sequence. DC and Marvel are really good at that.
Ah, sorry - didn't see that you'd commented at the same time...! I haven't read many DC & Marvel comics so haven't come across it before.I've moved back #0 but left the numbering (they were all numbered as per publication, not as per series). I'll let Eric add the note! :)
Thank you for the replies. I'll keep this all in mind as I continue to take my adventure in graphic form...Banjomike wrote: "This is one reason why Goodreads does not encourage individual comics."
They may not encourage it but I've tried to use other sites to keep track of my graphic novel reading and it was a disaster, none are as organized as GR. Also they haven't quite gotten up to speed with digital distribution. For every issue you want to keep track of they still want to you to select quality, where was it purchased, etc. when you consider its source those fields are wasteful and unnecessarily time consuming.
Keep in mind that you can have 2 different series of the same books so a chronological series and an as published series. You can see that in a lot of fantasy series.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1142...
A few problems cropped up. The #0 issue which did get published between #12 and #13 threw off the subsequent numbering. Do I add the #0 to the top and list it as book 0? Or let the ordering be off? A similar problem occurs with #23.1 and #23.2.
Then I realized since the collect the trades in paperback I should really add it to the list. Which makes the number worse on two fronts. First you can't get the series to say "books" it will always say "book" no matter what numbers (any info) you put in that field, then of course since you add more books the number is off even more and now the entire series looks messy because there so many individual parts sticking up all over the place.
Is there a guideline that would help me make this more consistent or do I just make a judgement call and only list the single issues and leave the others to their own lists?