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Lord Carew's Bride is a semi-sequel of Dark Angel (http://www.marybalogh.com/series.html), which is probably why the librarian named it that way.Whether it should be is a different issue. Other librarians who have a lot more experience with romances may have stronger opinions on how to handle these semi-series.
I think it should stay as Lord Carew's Bride (Dark Angel, #2). Though the books aren't an official series, they are connected and from my experience, romance readers always want to know when books are connected.
I agree with Isis. "Lord Carew's Bride (Dark Angel, #2)" gives more valuable information, and it fits with our series guidelines.
I agree - information on series placement is more important.
Okay, so regardless of what Amazon titles it; if we can connect it to a series, then it is okay to reference it that way. As long as there is proof on the author's website or something saying it is connected.
Amazon's data is often questionable. Which is why GR has librarians that can go around making the data more complete/correct. From my experience Amazon isn't very good at labeling series so that's why you find a lot labeled here but not at Amazon.So basically, yeah, if an author's site or another good site has a series listed, it should be fine to list it here. If there's ever doubt you can post to this group and ask :)
Thank you everyone for your help as I learn what is a good source of information and what are acceptable edits. This is what I have always loved about librarians. Librarians love to share information. (It's been along time since I've used my publication editing skills. I don't know if any of the librarians here remember The Faxon Co. but that is where I was trained. I work on their help desk and supported their short-lived book swapping product.)
Some good sources of information (besides the author's website, of course) are:Fantastic Fiction: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
Library of Congress: http://catalog.loc.gov/
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/
I especially like WorldCat for finding original names of translated works, names of translators, etc.
There are some other sites, but those are the ones right off the top of my head.
Just a note, please make sure you've read the librarian's manual - there is a lot of specific information in there as to the GR format for edits.
Welcome to the ranks of GR librarians! = ) There's always someone around to answer a question, so don't be shy in asking. = )
Lord Carew's Bride (Dark Angel, #2)
(just looking at the cover you see there is nothing dark about this book)
The title should be (and was listed as):
Lord Carew's Bride (Signet Regency Romance)
Did something happen 23 days ago that would have messed up this title? Or is there some policy for helping to train librarians who are having trouble making proper updates?