Is this a series?

[Moloch]

Many books from many different authors

https://www.goodreads.com/series/9859...

but it has 200+ books so I though better to ask

Thanks

[Eva]

Apparantly it is the "Library of America" series :)

[Moloch]

"Series" meaning in the Goodreads definition:

https://www.goodreads.com/librarian_m...

I'm quite sure this series should be deleted, but again, it has many books so I leave for rivka or other superlibrarians

[rivka, Former Moderator]

It's not a series, but an imprint. And it's gone.

[Scott]

I guess you'll be wanting to get rid of this one as well, then:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1141...

[Emy]

#5 looks like it to me, but given the length, do you want to create a fixed Listopia list for them first? (You or a Super can lock the list so no one else can add to it). Make it clear in the description that it is specifically for the editions published in this imprint by this publisher, etc...

[Scott]

Here's a Listopia for it, but I don't know if it's fixed:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

[Emy]

Looks like it to me - I see "This is a static list." on the right now :) You can still add / edit it so if you find strays don't panic :P

[Scott]

Oh, I didn't notice that. Is there any point to voting on such lists? What effect would it have?

[Emy]

None - they are just records which record a specific edition. Series take all editions, which wouldn't work here.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Scott wrote: "I guess you'll be wanting to get rid of this one as well, then:

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1141..."

Got it.

[Moloch]

All these "serieses" by Tolstoy: delete or not?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/list...

[Monique]

Moloch wrote: "All these "serieses" by Tolstoy: delete or not?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/list..."

I'd say no. They look like they are connecting a book that was broken up into parts. We do use the series function for those.

[Moloch]

Hmm. I don't like it very much, because here https://www.goodreads.com/series/1130... it looks that the "series" groups all the editions split into 2 parts (while here https://www.goodreads.com/series/1130... it seems to make more sense)

But ok, I won't do anything unless rivka comes and says otherwise

Thank you!

[Paula]

There is precedent to using the series function to link vols of works together, I am just trying to find the topic where it is discussed

Edit 2: The linking of vols is to link an complete edition together so the series here I think need either deleting or re arranging so all the vols that complete the edition are linked together

Edit:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Moloch]

This one?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1246...

[Empress]

Emy wrote: "Looks like it to me - I see "This is a static list." on the right now :) You can still add / edit it so if you find strays don't panic :P"

How do I make a list static?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Re 16: Gone.

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "How do I make a list static?"

You ask a super for assistance. And only qualifying lists will be made static, so no user-added best books list, for example.

[Empress]

rivka wrote: "Re 16: Gone.

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "How do I make a list static?"

You ask a super for assistance. And only qualifying lists will be made static, so no user-added best books list, for example."

This is an imprint (publishers series) of sci-fi book, you can see the covers are similar. is it possible to be made static?

[Lobstergirl]

??

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Sylvie]

Another non-series series to be deleted: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1246...

[Renske]

20 I don't see a series?

21 gone

[Empress]

?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1229...

[Empress]

?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/7548...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Re 23: It seems that all editions of each work are part of this series, so yes, barely.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

24, yes, for similar reasons.

[Empress]

?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1163...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Books

Laser Books was a line of 58 paperback science fiction (SF) novels published ... Harlequin Books. ..... They were numbered as a series, though each was a standalone novel. All the covers were painted by Hugo Award winning artist Kelly Freas.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

They appear to have a shared universe. Standalone just means they have no order.

[Ayshe]

What about this and this?

[Moloch]

The first one ("Penguin Great Loves"), I took the liberty of deleting it: it had everything from Virgil to Casanova, from Scott Fitzgerald to Kierkegaard, so definitely NOT a series per Goodreads policy

I'm unsure for the second, maybe yes, but I leave to others to decide

[Tytti]

I think this is not a series, either:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1003...

[Nina]

I'd say "yes and no".
The series is created by the publishing house Peirene...

[Moloch]

?

https://www.goodreads.com/series/9237...

[Emy]

#19 - made static. Can you check to make sure though, please? :)
#29 - Agree with Moloch on Penguin Great Loves. The Best American Short Stories IS a series because all editions of a volume will be in that series.
#31 - Imprint therefore all editions of the work will NOT be part of the series.
#33 - Series as all editions retain their place in the sequence.

[Moloch]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1129...

?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No. It's just a reprinting of the Holmes stories in some publisher's order.

[Moloch]

rivka wrote: "No. It's just a reprinting of the Holmes stories in some publisher's order."

Deleted then. Based on this response, is the series in post #33 legit? https://www.goodreads.com/series/9237...

Because it doesn't seem that the division in "30 books" was planned by the author (I don't have this structure in my own edition)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

But it does seem to be a generally accepted (and presumably publication order) sequence. It may not be on every edition, but it seems to be consistent among multiple publishers.

[Emy]

Clarification questions:

1. Publication order = Good
2. Author specified "reading order" = Good
3. Order decided by a publisher just because = Nope - Listopia
4. Complete Works series = Nope (unless universally agreed) - Listopia

Or am I completely off there?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Sounds about right.

[Empress]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/7215... ?

I think it should be moved to the main series and deleted: https://www.goodreads.com/series/7375...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No, it's better separate.

[Empress]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1100... ?

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No. Gone.

[Moloch]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/1249... ?

[Moloch]

Can someone check no. 45? Thanks

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I took a look, but I don't know enough about it. It's not an obvious non-series.

[Moloch]

https://www.goodreads.com/series/5528...

?

[Monique]

Moloch wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/5528...

?"

A series like the Time Life series(es) that exist on specific topics.

[Monique]

As for #45, Wikipedia says this about it:

"In 2009, Semiotexte returned to small-format books with the Interventions series..."

Imo, it's halfway between an imprint and a series. Some books were apparently written specifically for it though.