Asking for clarification on rules for combining

[Vincent]

Hi all,

I am a relatively new librarian who has not yet done a lot of work here on Goodreads. However, I came across some books recently that I felt should be combined, but the Librarian Manual page on rules for combining does not really clarify if I should indeed combine. The author, furthermore, is James Joyce, who has already been combined to a great extent, such that it gives me a warning not to combine unless I really know what I'm doing.

The manual suggests different formats should be combined (hardcover, paperback, audio); am I right to assume this extends to illustrated versions, annotated books, and large print versions, as well? (These sometimes involve additional contributors, e.g. the illustrator, but the same would probably be true for an audio version, after all.)

When looking through editions of this book, I sometimes see one that says there are only 18 other editions, as opposed to the main group that mentions 1755 other editions; yet they go to the same overview of editions when I click the link "Other editions", and on the combine page I do not find such a group of 18. Does that number just sometimes get bugged? It does seem that they are connected; hitting "Want to read" on one shows that status on the other page, as well.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Best,
Vincent

[Vincent]

Andrew wrote: "Yes"

Thank you, it is good to know that at least. If you know the answer to my other question (in the paragraph above the quoted one) as well, please let me know.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Vincent wrote: "The manual suggests different formats should be combined (hardcover, paperback, audio); am I right to assume this extends to illustrated versions, annotated books, and large print versions, as well? (These sometimes involve additional contributors, e.g. the illustrator, but the same would probably be true for an audio version, after all.)"

Usually all of those get combined. The exceptions are adaptations, which can come in more than one form, but most often as a graphic novel or other such heavily illustrated book.

Careful when combining books that have a translator or illustrator and be sure to check the default work as a bug may have those authors being added incorrectly.

[Vincent]

Thank you, that is what I thought as well. Good to have it confirmed. I will combine some illustrated and large print versions, then (after checking that they do indeed seem to be otherwise the same, i.e. not some compilation or something).