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Is this a series?
is that something GR official or someone just created a nonseries? (or does GR itself count as same universe? ;) ) https://www.goodreads.com/series/1949...
From the descriptions it looks like only thing these books have in common is they are set around Valentine's Day but even the reviews of the first 5 (haven't looked at more yet) don't mention any reoccuring characters. https://www.goodreads.com/series/2159...So I would highly doubt that Candy Romance counts as series in GR sense
#508 Lachgas wrote: "is that something GR official or someone just created a nonseries? (or does GR itself count as same universe? ;) ) https://www.goodreads.com/series/1949..."I think this might be allowed since the "books" are also allowed. See this librarian note. Based on this I would say don't touch them :D
#508, 510 Yes, definitely don't touch them, or you'll inspire the wrath of both staff and the GR community! :)
Lachgas wrote: "From the descriptions it looks like only thing these books have in common is they are set around Valentine's Day but even the reviews of the first 5 (haven't looked at more yet) don't mention any r..."re: #509 -
I found this from the publisher's page -
Candy Hearts Series
Introducing a new romantic series coming in 2016 from The Wild Rose Press
Rosette length stories – 10 to 20k
Rating: Stores will range from sweet to erotic
Cover art: Cover art will follow a series theme. Authors will have input on covers but will need to follow the series branding.
...These stories are fun and flirty and are all about falling in love. Stories will revolve around Valentine’s Day. All stories will include a reference to those sweet candy hearts. Book titles should be based on the Conversation Candy Heart sayings. Examples would be: Be Mine, Only Yours, Tweet Me, Text Me or Kiss Me. Titles will be locked in on first come basis.
http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/mai...
Also, that publisher doesn't list them as an imprint - http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/mai...
Though that doesn't mean they wouldn't be by GR standards...
Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "#508 Lachgas wrote: "is that something GR official or someone just created a nonseries? (or does GR itself count as same universe? ;) ) https://www.goodreads.com/series/1949......"I know that the "books" are a "don't touch" but the series is quite new created and not by any staff member (+ there's no note on it) so I was wondering if it is really something official meant to be a series or someone just created it instead of a listopia (which would be more appropriate I assume)
that one look like a typical listopia https://www.goodreads.com/series/2153... (and I bet there are already some where the books would fit)sounds a bit generic and looks quite mixed (books of different series of that author) and there isn't a mention of this series on authors page http://members.authorsguild.net/amand...
Lachgas wrote: "that one look like a typical listopia https://www.goodreads.com/series/2153... (and I bet there are already some where the books would fit)sounds a bit generic and looks quite mixe..."
#514 - Seems like someone just lumped all her vampire books together. I'd lean towards not a series. She does have series that are real, but "Vampire Romances" isn't one of them. "Vampire Trilogy" and "Children of the Night," for example are series, but this one seems too generic.
ehm what? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2137...even in description is written "not related stories" so ... why a series then?
(and if there are reoccuring characters of this author (different ones) then these records should go into the matching series ...
Asteropê wrote: "Lachgas wrote: "that one look like a typical listopia https://www.goodreads.com/series/2153... (and I bet there are already some where the books would fit)sounds a bit generic and ..."
yeah that was my thought - she does have valid series and the books have listed them ... but that's just a list ... and that wouldn't even make an intersting listopia because it's just one author
does perhaps anyone know the real name of this series which has 3 entries?https://www.goodreads.com/series/2138...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2138...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/179593
(the first probably not ;), but second or third?)
okay there are even more than just the 3 https://www.goodreads.com/work/469560...
(I deleted the 3 more series, they were incomplete with two with 1 book and 1 with just 2 books in)
There are two pages for this series, created on the same day (by different people):https://www.goodreads.com/series/2135...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2135...
But I'm wondering if it even is a series. Are yearbooks considered series? They are just collections of short stories.
I wouldn't see that as as a series - but nonfiction my weak spot... https://www.goodreads.com/series/2135...
and I have no idea what this is https://www.goodreads.com/series/2133...and must to look further into that one https://www.goodreads.com/series/2137...
Asteropê wrote: "Lachgas wrote: "From the descriptions it looks like only thing these books have in common is they are set around Valentine's Day but even the reviews of the first 5 (haven't looked at more yet) don..."hm for me that sounds more like an imprint then (thanks for looking!) seems like reoccuring characters aren't the case and they just should look that it's kind of "sweet"
before I'm sorting that in its correct order ... is that a series at all? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2082... (I tend to no or borderline)
And what's "American Heritage"? Some publisher, magazine? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2082...(looks like an imprint for me but as I don't know the name at all I may be wrong)
I assume that animal series may go through as nonfiction one? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2082...(so only the wrong duplicate to delete)
that should be similar to all Lonely Planets just a listopia not a series I think? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2124...
Am I correct in thinking the general "adapting a fairytale of Brothers Grimm" is a bit too broad for making it a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2067...(another tale in every book and only loosely based on it)
Like the Oxford reading tree I'm still dealing with not a series
I moved these just from 5 single book series with the same name to one (created by same person at same time, so looks like one of these series-creating failures) https://www.goodreads.com/series/1772... but I'm doubting if that's a real series...
that shouldn't be a series https://www.goodreads.com/series/1748... I guessAnd in case someone with comic knowledge can/wants to deal with that one... https://www.goodreads.com/series/1702... - found it because there were several 1 book series with the same name and just put them together. But: I do not have any knowlege of comics and have no idea if that is even a legitimate series or they just should be combined with something else.
Cassandra wrote: "Adapted classics- series or imprint?https://www.goodreads.com/series/9021..."
these oxford bookworms have a listopia already https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Do we consider these Routledge "series" as series on GR? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2169...(I would tend to see it as a nice list more than a series .. but as it's nonfiction I might be wrong)
https://www.goodreads.com/series/6728... Looks like a publisher's imprint, but want input before deletion / Listopia-ing
this is imprint, but since it's non-fiction i am wondering. Delete or not? https://www.goodreads.com/series/1412...
#537 - I think those would still be a series even if reprinted by another publisher, even if stand alones. My feeling is because they are a clear sequence, whereas some publishers series are more "here's a bunch of roughly related works on a similar theme".
Emy wrote: "#537 - I think those would still be a series even if reprinted by another publisher, even if stand alones. My feeling is because they are a clear sequence, whereas some publishers series are more "..."Good reason, thanks Emy :)
Are these series?1.Haruki Murakami`s Norwegian Wood. I would say no, but a single work published in two volumes as many others -I can´t imagine Nabokov´s Lolita being considered a series.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/143861
2.This is more difficult and will probably be considered a series: Carlos Castaneda´s books. My problem in these cases is that neither the writer nor the publisher originally considered them serial books, not in the way Stephenie Meyer considered “Twilight” -and certainly Magical Passes and The Wheel of Time are not part of the story told in the rest of the books-. Why do we serialize them? What is the correct name to be used -it was “Don Juan...” a few months ago and now it was changed to “The Teachings of Don Juan...”?
(I think Goodreads users are abusing this option with the current trend to cash on serial books, I´m really starting to dislike the option)
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1102...
Thanks
#540 Juan wrote: "Are these series?1.Haruki Murakami`s Norwegian Wood. I would say no, but a single work published in two volumes as many others -I can´t imagine Nabokov´s Lolita being considered a series.
https:..."
Yes, single works originally published in multiple volumes may be linked together as a series. This one is correct.
(Did not look at 2)
Cassandra wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/1847...I'm just seeing a bundle of seemingly unrelated books?"
This looks like it should be a list, not a series. The only thing the books have in common is the author, and the fact that they are all combined into the first in the list, the bundle book.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/series/174770-the-magazine-of-fantasy-science-fiction is a magazine, not a series of books at all. What is it doing here?
Issues out of copyright are being republished with asins, and literary magazines with asins are allowed. Probably shouldn't be a series though.
546 Non-fiction series are difficult, but I would think this is a series.
#546-547 The publisher is in the series name, so that would suggest a publisher's series.(But then, I never know whether Time-Life series are allowed on GR.)
I flagged this series 2.5- 3 weeks ago.https://www.goodreads.com/series/2000...
All of these (as far as I can tell) are stand alone titles except for Dead or Alive which is part of the Frank Garrett series.
Can I remove the series - or at least remove The Annam Jewel as I've read this - quite definitely stand alone & Dead or Alive - definitely part of another series?
hm I wouldn't see that as series to be honest ... https://www.goodreads.com/series/2181...that looks more like "just common theme" but not as if the books are tied by somthing else than the lose theme...
#552 wow going from the hithhikers guide to gilmore girls to warcraft to grey's anatomy ... would make a nice story but would be a strange universe :Dbut at least the could use the Enterprise for getting around there :D
Edit. Had a closer look & they do share some characters.
Carol ♔Type, Oh Queen!♕ wrote: "Edit. Had a closer look & they do share some characters."Wow, than that IS a pretty weird universe :D
#555 I wouldn't see that as series - the "discovering" isn't even focused on a main topic and goes very widely from "Words" to "Folklore" to "Pubs" If it would be only "Folklore" I might have seen that a bit more in favour of borderline but if I would see these books (as listed on the homepage of Shire books) in a store I don't think I'd think of them as series just because somewhere on the cover is printed "discovering"
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It's titled Sonderband which means just special edition - so that woudln't probably make a different series in the Deadpool universe.
But perhaps I'm missing something special on it?
And that one https://www.goodreads.com/series/216106 is that a publisher? then the series should go I think...
and this french one https://www.goodreads.com/series/2162... I doubt my french is well enough to do a research if that one is so different from the normal https://www.goodreads.com/series/216206
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