Need help linking the Divine Comedy editions to orginals

[Rob]

Per the title, I recently added the Basic Books box set edition of the Divine Comedy to the database:

Inferno: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Purgatory: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Paradise: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Can these get linked up to the rest of the Divine Comedy editions in the system (e.g., https://www.goodreads.com/series/6971...) so they are properly tracked?

[Scott]

Because of the number of editions, this may need to be done by staff.
In future, use the "add new edition" link from an existing one.

[Claire]

Hi there !
It seems to be a boxed-set, am I right ? If so, I'm under the impression that we shouldn't combine with the originals.

As per the GR guidelines "don't combine:
2-in-1 books or boxed sets that include the given book."

But maybe I misunderstand. A more experienced librarian (maybe @rivka) would be able to tell us what to do to acknowledge the fact that it is a boxed-set.

Sorry I cannot be more helpful !

[Scott]

Hmm, yes, they probably should have been entered as a set rather than individually. Then it could be combined with other full sets.

[Claire]

I'm not sure I know how to do that, Scott. Can you ?

[Scott]

Well, I guess one of the records could be converted to the set and the others merged into it. But I will wait for word from Rivka as well.

[Rob]

@Claire Correct it's a boxed set of three books, but since its the Divine Comedy the convention seems to be to list them as separate books, e.g., https://www.goodreads.com/series/6971...

However, I did just double check the books and they all have the same Library of Congress Card Catalog Number of 63-21690

[Rob]

@Scott It's been a couple days, but I think I used the "Add New Edition" button? The system is a bit awkward to work with though.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Rob wrote: "@Claire Correct it's a boxed set of three books, but since its the Divine Comedy the convention seems to be to list them as separate books, e.g., https://www.goodreads.com/series/6971......"

Not if they were sold as a set.

[Rob]

rivka wrote: "Rob wrote: "@Claire Correct it's a boxed set of three books, but since its the Divine Comedy the convention seems to be to list them as separate books, e.g., https://www.goodreads.com/series/69710-..."
That's going to mess up my logging a bit since they are a slow read! :)

Understandable though, better to have an accurate and consistent database! Is there any more information you need from the books to update them?

[Rob]

Perhaps the three entries listed in the first post can be deleted at this point? I've added the edition as a single entry (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...) and also had a chance to add an image for the edition as well.