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message 1: by Bechamp (last edited May 09, 2020 10:14PM) (new)

Bechamp | 7 comments Hello!

The Liavek series are very confusing. The anthologies were originally published in paperback in the 1980s in 5 volumes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liavek

They were republished in the 2010s in ebook format in 8 volumes - 2 ebook volumes to 1 print volume for the first 3 titles, and 1 to 1 for the last 2 titles.

To clear up confusion, I'd recommend the following:

1. Put an explanatory note in ebook volumes 1-6 saying something like they contain half the stories in the original print volume, and the other half are in the next ebook volume in the series.

2. Put the series info on the title line as has been done for the print volumes:
Print: Liavek (Liavek, #1)
Ebook: Liavek 1: City of Luck [ADD SERIES INFO HERE]
This way it will appear in the search results page, hopefully clarifying things a little.

3. Change the series note on ebook volumes 7 & 8 to be Liavek #4 and Liavek #5, respectively. According to Amazon, there are no additional volumes; they only reprinted half the stories from the original anthologies for whatever reason.

Thanks for your consideration!

Sincerely,
Bechamp.


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