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message 1: by David (last edited Mar 23, 2017 09:26AM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13061 comments This was probably asked and answered, but I couldn't find it.
What is the proper action when a title has integeral parenthesis in the title. Case in question: Die Kunst, glücklich zu sein (ohne es zu merken) Just leave it as is?


message 2: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments It was also asked by someone else this week: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 3: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13061 comments I did search, but spelling. Not much of an answer though.


message 4: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments I have one such book on my shelves, and I solved it by turning the ( ) into [ ]. This is not an official fix, though.


message 5: by Arenda (new)

Arenda | 26447 comments Found two older threads
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Both have the suggestion to treat it as subtitle, divided from the title by ":".


message 6: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 13061 comments In this case "," might work best. But thanks for all the ideas.


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