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Is this a series?
I am in the middle of Barsoom series. I do not think they have anything in common with Tarzan.
#758 Halvor (Raknes) wrote: "This cannot be a series with one entry only, surely?https://www.goodreads.com/series/1741..."
Fixed the series, as it should only contain part 1 and part 2 of the edition(s) published in two parts.
Halvor (Raknes) wrote: "Surely this isn't a series by GR standards? I cannot see how the Tarzan books and science fiction go together. There certainly is not uniform consistency in the cast of characters."Deleted
#759 random advent calendar and publisher's books deleted
Lieke wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/1847..."I'm the worst with non fiction series, but those books do seem to have a common style & theme?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2569...
Since these are popular novels I'm hoping someone can confirm. Don't appear to have characters in common, I'm not sure about the setting.
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/2569...Since these are popular novels I'm hoping someone can confirm. Don't appear to have characters in common, I'm not sure about the setting. "
These actually do share characters. One of the MCs in the 2nd book is a cousin of one of the MCs of the 1st book.
Miriam wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/series/2569...Since these are popular novels I'm hoping someone can confirm. Don't appear to have characters in common, I..."
Cool. Thank you Miriam.
Having a hard time putting my series together. One of the books is in an Anthology. Help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Book 1
Book 1.5
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
T.A. wrote: "Having a hard time putting my series together. One of the books is in an Anthology. Help would be appreciated. Thank you. Book 1 Book 1..."Hi T.A.,
Next time please post your request in a new thread.
How long is your book in the anthology, and could you provide an estimated page count for book #4?
Hi,there is a serie BLANCHE that was published 2 times and the books have different titles although it is 2 x the same story - I was told by the Author that she has bought the rights back from the publisher and has published the books again.
one story, one name of the series, 2 book titles and 2 publishers
Should this books be combined or not?https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=bl...
Thank you
I think this is an imprint rather than a series.https://www.goodreads.com/series/2585...
Thoughts?
I also can't get the changelog to open for some reason
Edit; I'm wondering if it is the weird numbering on this series that is causing it not to open.
& Is this a serieshttps://www.goodreads.com/series/2444...
Akashic is the name of the publisher.
Description from one of the books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I'm voting no.
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "& Is this a serieshttps://www.goodreads.com/series/2444...
Akashic is the name of the publisher.
Description from one of the books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3......"
Agreed.
And there's a list already:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
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Ajda wrote: "Hi,there is a serie BLANCHE that was published 2 times and the books have different titles although it is 2 x the same story - I was told by the Author that she has bought the rights back from th..."
Books combined and titles corrected to Goodreads standards.
Olivia wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "& Is this a serieshttps://www.goodreads.com/series/2444...
Akashic is the name of the publisher.
Description from one of the books
https://www.goodre..."
Thanks Olivia.
re #769 Changelog still won't open for me. I don't think this is a series, so I will ask if anyone in Looking for a Project wants to turn into a list.
Please could you create a series from the following books, thank you:Book 1: B07WHKHQPN
Book 2: B07WHK3K1L
Book 3: B07WHRP95D
Book 4: B07WFJ6CZ3
Either book 1 is combined incorrectly, or this isn't a series:https://www.goodreads.com/series/74835 (Arabic)
Lee wrote: "Please could you create a series from the following books, thank you:Book 1: B07WHKHQPN
Book 2: B07WHK3K1L
Book 3: B07WHRP95D
Book 4: B07WFJ6CZ3"
Better to start a new thread. This one is for questioning existing series.
Series? Run with the Wolves: Volume One: The Pack
Run with the Wolves: Volume Two: The Oracle
Run with the Wolves: Volume III: The Beast
Renske wrote: "781 That is a series."Thank you Renske.
is that a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/1641...my first thought was no - but as I don't know the books there might be some same characters despite the different fairy tales?
☕ Lachgas ♿ wrote: "is that a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/1641...my first thought was no - but as I don't know the books there might be some same characters despite the different..."
reviews say that these are stand alone short stories
I don't know about this series specifically, but books can be "stand-alone" and still be part of a series. It just means the storyline is contained after each book. Most romances are stand-alone, where each book focuses on a new couple and each gets their HEA. But they're still part of a series. For one book is says in the blurb: "In a magical kingdom far away, there lived cursed princes, warrior women, and mighty magic."
I wonder if they are all set in the same universe/fairy tale kingdom?
Olivia wrote: "reviews say that these are stand alone short stories*Well technically most of my Jeffery Deaver thrillers are stand alones too. Case closed at the end of the book, new one in the next - although they do have reoccuring characters e.g. the detective.
And as it hasn't even to be a main character which is the same there might be plenty of possibilities in a fairy tale...
All true, I was just pointing out that the reviewers consider them stand alones, and do not mention characters in common, but there is still a slight chance of this being a series.
Could you create series, with link, for :Wandering Stars: Book One of the Elfwatcher Files
Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars
Per cover, book 2
Family Secrets
Liz V. wrote: "Could you create series, with link, for :Wandering Stars: Book One of the Elfwatcher Files
Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars
Per cover, book 2
[book..."
Hi Liz
This thread is for librarians querying existing series. You would be better off starting a new thread.
Edit Liz has now requested in another thread.
#795 This should be a list and not a series. The poems in the booklets are all separate from each other and do not appear to share anything in common except the publisher.
Is that really a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/1161...IIRC I came across one of them with also editions in a different language where nothing was mentioned of "very short introduction" which is why I thought of an imprint...
e.g. dutch edition https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... where the "series" is Elementaire Deeltjes and spanish where there seems to be none https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
And if it's not a series should the "a very short introduction" be removed from the title?
☕ Lachgas ♿ wrote: "Is that really a series? https://www.goodreads.com/series/1161...IIRC I came across one of them with also editions in a different language where nothing was mentioned of "v..."
Hi Lg, this looks like an imprint to me. The book subjects don't have anything in common. I can't get the changelog to open though.
Is this a series? The author made some books with stories about fairy tales but they're all different fairy tales so I'm not sure it meets the standardhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Luisa wrote: "Is this a series? The author made some books with stories about fairy tales but they're all different fairy tales so I'm not sure it meets the standardhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
Looks like no characters in common or overarching storyline.You could ask about the setting.
I would vote for no, but I would get opinions from librarians that work regularly with series.
#801 In response to a request, the first thing to do is ask the person if the books have anything in common (characters, setting) besides the theme. Sometimes it is not obvious just from the book descriptions.
I'm pretty sure these are both collections with only a theme in common (I've done research and can't find anything about a shared world or characters), but I'm still wary about deleting an entire series:Series of short stories, each by a different author:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2783...
This one was deleted several months ago by annob and then was created again a couple of days later:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2683...
Hello, the author I work for was asking about having this series deleted:https://www.goodreads.com/series/2730...
The series was never released, and a lot of the authors have decided not to participate in the series/ release the intended books. I don't know if the books themselves can be deleted, but can the series attachment be removed?
#805 You're right, it is not a series. If someone is feeling productive they could remove the outside links from the books' descriptions before deleting the series. (I am working on something else.)#806 I deleted the series as there were no details on any of the books. The individual authors would need to ask for their own books to be deleted through Goodreads Support, providing the relevant details of the situation.
Thank you Emily! I have passed this information on.
Emily wrote: "#805 You're right, it is not a series. If someone is feeling productive they could remove the outside links from the books' descriptions before deleting the series. (I am working on something else...."Thanks, Emily. I’ve been working on getting rid of those links in the descriptions for a couple of days. I’ll finish with the rest of them and let you know when I’m done. Or if it’s okay, once I get them all gone, I can go ahead and delete the series.
How about this other one?
https://www.goodreads.com/series/2783...
If I get the go ahead, I can delete it as well. Thanks!
#809 Unfortunately the Girl Power collection is not a series, as there are no characters or settings in common that I see. You can put Girl Power Collection in the edition field.
Emily wrote: "#809 Unfortunately the Girl Power collection is not a series, as there are no characters or settings in common that I see. You can put Girl Power Collection in the edition field."
Thanks, Emily. I'll delete the series and do as you suggested with the edition field.
Question--I've dealt with several of these collections that are set up as series lately. If the series is deemed "not a series," should the name of the collection be put in the edition field from now on? I didn't realize we could use the edition field for that purpose, so I'm learning something new.
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I'm voting with Halvor. It looks like a few Burroughs series have been combined together.