Combined series into one book

[Martin]

I have combined parts 2,3,4, and 5 of the Beyond Asimios books into one book.
(The first chapter remains a single). Is there any way to eliminate these editions:

Beyond Asimios- Part 2

Beyond Asimios - Part 3

Beyond Asimios - Part 4

Beyond Asimios - Part 5

I have "unpublished" them on Amazon.com.

[Zadignose]

It will not be possible to eliminate them or combine them, as they've already been published.

New readers will be able to add and review your newly published book which combines these stories, but those who have already shelved and separately reviewed the individual volumes will still have separate records of those. Goodreads maintains records of all books, even when out of print.

[Martin]

I see. Is there any way of removing the "out of print" books from my author profile?

[Martin]

I do see that you made Beyond Asimios into a series on my profile. I appreciate that, thank you.

[Zadignose]

I'm glad someone added the new book/series, though it wasn't me.

As for removing books from a profile, I believe that is also not an option.

As an example, if you look at the author Edward Gorey, the vast majority of his books went out of print in his lifetime, and many of them were very short runs, but the anthologies titled Amphigorey are in print over a decade after his death and contain the same stories, pictures and all. But the older single story editions are still circulating out there, and are collectors items. People read them and catalog them separately, and even if Mr. Gorey or his heirs did not want to promote them, records would still be kept.

[Martin]

I must have created the series by pressing a button or two in the edit section of one of the books. But thank you for the Gorey example. My only concern is...can an ebook become a collector's item? It's an interesting question.

Thank you again,
-Martin

[Sandra]

It would be impossible to create a series as you suggest. A behind the scenes librarian must of created it upon reading this thread.

A series can only be created manually by a librarian, authors don't have that power.

And yes, I consider my favourite ebooks collector's items. If I lost them, I'd buy them again :)

[Martin]

Ah, okay... Thank you.