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Is this a series?
"Series" used to group together multi-volumes editions of classics still look very wrong to me:in this instance https://www.goodreads.com/series/1910... there is probably a lot of confusion because "volumes 1, 2" etc were combined regardless of the actual content (there are volumes 2 of 2 combined with volumes 2 of 6... for example I know for sure that this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... is a vol. 2 out of 2 )
I would delete the entire series
Actually that one might be. The line between a series and an imprint is pretty slim, and lots of "publisher series", perhaps most, are really imprints. But if KU Press commissioned all these works for the purpose of the series and are their only publisher (so it applies to all editions) it might slide in on the right side of the line. https://kansaspress.ku.edu/series/mod... - the press certainly considers it a series, and Uni presses tend not to have many imprints-as-separate-brands or traditional imprints. I'd probably let this one go, if it were entirely up to me.
(Not that I have any personal stake in this, and won't especially care if it's removed)
Eeeh, I am also very unsure with non-fiction "series".But I came across it fixing an Italian edition, so KU Press is not the only publisher. This one also https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... is the translation of this https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (see description, although at the moment they are not combined), originally published in 1966, so clearly not written specifically for this "series".
In that case, if the books were republished, it's totally deletable I reckon.
Since there was at least another instance of a book NOT written specifically for that "series", I deleted the one in post #560
is there a way to find out if anybody is really working on that non-series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/66030(the first books I checked are already on a list named like the group name mentioned in description)
& I don't think this is a series, different authors, different publishershttps://www.goodreads.com/series/2076...
Tim... Splaining wrote: "Chris wrote: "I don't think this is a series:https://www.goodreads.com/series/2194..."
It is most certainly not a series, either per Goodreads’ rules or rules of the real worl..."
Chris & Tim, I have deleted the one in post #566, clearly not a series (it had books by Caesar, Machiavelli, von Clausevitz...).
Moloch wrote: "Tim... Splaining wrote: "Chris wrote: "I don't think this is a series:https://www.goodreads.com/series/2194..."
It is most certainly not a series, either per Goodreads’ rules ..."
That must mean my one in message #568 is Ok to delete then.
This doesn't qualify as a series (I think) but I preferred to check before doing anything: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2066...Also, I wondered: should those kind of collections made a list before being deleted as a series, as a general rule?
Leilin wrote: "This doesn't qualify as a series (I think) but I preferred to check before doing anything: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2066...Also, I wondered: should those kind of collection..."
Oh man! That's a lot of books.
I'm not a listopia person. With awards that weren't awards I would put up a post saying "does anyone want to turn this into a list?" no takers after 2 weeks, then delete.
No to both #573 & #575 - both seem to be publisher's imprints at the most generous :)
is that a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/1484..."brought by you by Applause" Applause is a publisher I assume?
#577 Looks more borderline to me as it seems to be a series of collections.
are coloring books a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/2202...(already deleted one of them as it was set up twice and once with only two books)
Shouldn't these books not be sorted to their main series as non primary work?
They seem to be already in that series https://www.goodreads.com/series/2203... (should probably be non primary there?)
#579 Question 1 - Not sure. Not sure if they should be part of the series at all.
BUT
Question 2 - If they are part of the series, I'd say that they're definitely NOT a primary element.
#579 #580 yeah not sure about the IF in series too (I'd see having all these HP coloring books as an element of the original HP series pretty weird... and would have difficulties to see them as an extra series too) That "main" series looks just like everything thrown in - so unsorted ... ugh... anyone here reading that and with knowledge?
Re Dark Hunters YA - also, it's seems to be somewhat of a "created" series, in that the original Dark Hunters are definite written as adult works not young adult. It could be argued that it's an overarching series, but I think that it's pretty complicated. Assuming they're the same as the Adult versions, the adaptations do share a world, which would fit as a series. I do personally feel, however, that the Adaptations should be one series, the Chronicles of Nick (only written as YA) should be another, and so on, with links to each in the series descriptions. As it stands it's almost impossible to see what a reader should be considering reading next, which to me is the entire purpose of having the series listings!Re Colouring books in general. I think where series have a lot of associated "bits" that aren't actually part of the series, then people have created (for example) "Harry Potter Extras" series. However, to me, if there are sufficient 'extra material' works, like colouring books, then these should be (locked/regularly monitored) Listopia series. That would keep them together where they're easily found by readers, but not clutter up the actual book series for people purely interested in reading the works.
uuh that's a fairly big one https://www.goodreads.com/series/2201... but really a series?is there more combining element than just the topic (which isn't enough) and I'm missing it?
I'm not even sure if "Modern War" is enough for a Listopia? That seems so not precise I'm not sure if that's useful at all?(I won't have time for doing anything there, new job and way less GR so I probably don't set up that project because I couldn't look after it)
just out of curiousity (as I'm not able to read japanese and not into manga I won't deal with them) but something I wondered for a while now ... are these "light novels" https://www.goodreads.com/series/2200... something totally different from the "normal" ones? or more like these "clean" and "dirty" differences in the romance/erotica genre? (and then they wouldn't be different series)But I'm indeed more curious to finally know that than to possibly delete something - just saw it and remembered I always wondered :)
Re: 587 I am not an expert on this, but, I'll try to answer. Hopefully if I'm totally wrong, someone will correct me ;-)
Manga and light novels are different. Light novels are like novellas (text) with illustrations whereas manga is nearly all illustration - like a comic. Light novels are (in Japan) geared toward younger people and are easier to read - though not a great equivalent, they seem sort of like Middle Grade books - in that they have text and illustrations interwoven. Some manga have light novels versions or adaptions and vice versa. That might be what's going on his your example - one series is for the manga (with 9 volumes) and the other for the light novel. I do not consider them interchangeable and IMO, they should stay separate as they're pretty different, even if it's rehashing the same story (similar to the Harlequin comics not being merged into the originals). If that one in your link is just a omnibus manga edition, though, then it should just be added to the main series as an omnibus non-primary. I tend to leave the manga stuff alone and I don't run across it often in my own viewing on GR, so I might be mistaken. I would assume no to merging light novels into any manga edition, but unsure if it should be added as a non-primary to the main manga series or left separate.
☕ Lachgas ♿ wrote: "uuh that's a fairly big one https://www.goodreads.com/series/2201... but really a series?is there more combining element than just the topic (which isn't enough) and I'm missing it?"
Publisher site: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/series/mod...
Can be used to cross check when adding to Listopia.
Maybe Listopia titled: "University Press of Kansas: Modern War Studies"
It's accurate, has the "series" name and publisher in it. ;-)
Asteropê wrote: "☕ Lachgas ♿ wrote: "uuh that's a fairly big one https://www.goodreads.com/series/2201... but really a series?is there more combining element than just the topic (which isn't enou..."
Two years ago, I explained to the person who requested a series to be made that it wasn't a series according to Goodreads and a Listopia could be added instead. I see they have now created the series themselves. So I'm going to delete it and they can add a Listopia themselves according to your instructions.
Hi,https://www.goodreads.com/series/6803...
I think this is not a series but an imprint ("Animal series" edition of the publisher Reaktion) and should be deleted, but I ask for your opinion: maybe a List would be more appropriate? Thanks!
Is this a series or is it just other books in the Fifty Shades series?https://www.goodreads.com/series/2207...
I seem to remember that other books "as told by male POV" were simply added in their original series, not in a series of their own
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https://www.goodreads.com/series/2207..."
It's fine as a separate series.
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As a newly appointed GR librarian I've noticed a couple of series exists on Goodreads even though the author states on their blog or website, the books are intended as standalones and are not written to be read in any certain order. I've read the Librarian Manual but can't find mentions of need for factual requirement before creating a series. Are there any? And how do I as a Librarian handle a series which in my opinion should be dissolved?
Generally books with characters in common or a shared setting are enough to be a series on Goodreads. The best way to handle those cases is to add to the description on the series page that they can be read in any order.
Ok, good to know and thanks for quick reply.
Is this: https://www.goodreads.com/series/179842 series? They are non fiction books for children, there are more on amazon: https://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_...
#599-600 - Umm...Rivka? Could we get your ruling on these?#601-602 - done
Could you please add publication order for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series. Somebody messed with the original order by adding short stories collections that aren't part of the core series. Thank you.https://www.goodreads.com/series/5113...
books that belong to the core series: https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/her...
Zuzana wrote: "Could you please add publication order for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series. Somebody messed with the original order by adding short stories collections that aren't part of the core series. ..."Please start a new thread, Zuzana. Your request doesn't fit the topic of this thread.
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They really need someone familiar with the content in question. I am not.
Is this a series?https://www.goodreads.com/series/2239...
It looks just like a way to group books of the same genre by this author, but not really a series.
See here http://www.tessgerritsen.com/books/ there's also a section called "Romance Novels", so it really looks like these are not series, unlike "Rizzoli & Isles" by the same author.
I wanted to create a series for this:https://www.quartoknows.com/series/56...
which consists of just a few titles, relatively older classics, with modern illustrations.
Someone created a listopia of them: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
The trouble I'm having creating a series is that there are so very many editions of each of these titles, that even when I make sure the Classics Reimagined edition has the illustrator added, I can't select just the CR edition when adding to the series.
Just let it go?
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Wow, than that IS a pretty weird universe :D"
Ha! The universe is the time that they were set in - not that you could tell in the first book. I didn't know whether it was Georgian, Regency or Victorian. So - pretty flexible :D