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Andrew wrote: "Karma♥Bites ^.~ wrote: "Book at above link = 163pgs"160 pages is, on average, enough to be a novel"
Thx, Andrew. Am aware, but think 160pgs/40k words are general guide?
Created thread & asked b/c made some corrections to edition & someone changed back. That confused me. Helpful to get concrete answer so people stop fussing re: 2006 title :)
Usually for stories that on the border of Novel and Novella, it comes down to the word count (not the one calculated on the page count, but the actual word count). Also, do we know if there are "bonus" material included in the e-book. The author's website says "including IAD bonus materials" (https://kresleycole.com/books/the-war...), and if that is what's putting the page count into the novel territory, that would change things.In this case, even if it is counted as a novel (and several reviews are calling it a novella, so I question the novel status), I'm wondering if it actually counts as a prequel (meaning numbering it 0).
Q specifically re: book @ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... . Numbered as #0.5 or #1?
Know as general rule, novellas & shorts are listed using decimals & not 'primary' on series list. One exception to general rule applies to series in which all works are novellas.
However, I *think* another exception considered page length &/or 'intent' (for lack of better word)? As in,
Frex, here, rivka notes that most would consider 170pgs as short novel. But page-counting not always reliable so...?
Book at above link = 163pgs (which is @ 40k word mark for novels).
Also, this book was intended, from first publication in anth, to be #1 in IAD series. Even publisher's page has this: Discover a dark and wicked new world in Kresley Cole’s remastered tale “The Warlord Wants Forever,” the first scorching installment in her #1 New York Times bestselling Immortals After Dark series....
So what is correct treatment & numbering for this title on series list, pls? And whatever answer, could GR staff add note on series page and title re: final decision?
TIA!