title (series) format question

[jenjn79]

I'm a reader of a lot of what's technically called "category romances"...which are basically shorter novels released every month, most notably by Harlequin and Silhouette.

These books are usually part of a specific "line" like Harlequin Intrigue, and have and issue number (ie #302). And often, though not always, a lot of these books are part of a mini-series (or continuity).

Example:
Title: Warrior Spirit
Series line: Harlequin Intrigue #874
Mini-series: Big Sky Bounty Hunters

So my question...I know the proper formatting for adding series information is to do - title (series). For many of these category romances here on Goodreads they generally come up as - title (series line #) - by default from wherever the information originated (Amazon?).

example: Warrior Spirit (Harlequin Intrigue #874)

I was just trying to figure out the best way to also add the mini-series information as well. I know it's not required to add, but it's a nice detail to have.

Some entries do have the mini-series info added, but I've seen it formatted a bunch of different ways:

title: mini-series (series line)
title (mini-series) (series line)
title ((mini-series) series line)

...to name a few.

I was just wondering if there were any suggestions of preference to the best way to format this (since there's not (yet?) a separate text box for series information on the edit book page).

[rivka, Former Moderator]

That's an awful lot of information to put on the title line. Maybe in the description box?

[jenjn79]

I know, it makes the title line long. I was just wondering about it since I've seen it done a bunch of different ways and since I've had to edit/manually add some missing books as I get all my books added to GR I wasn't sure the best way to go.

But in the end, it's not a huge deal. The category romance entries are a mess in general, actually. They don't get much attention/respect in the book world...but that's an argument for a different forum ;-) I've been fixing bits and pieces as I go along, so I just thought I'd ask about this.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

I read romances, but not in any sort of methodical way. So I only pay a little attention to series and the like. ;)

My suggestion would be to keep the format of but put miniseries and such in the description box.

[jenjn79]

I'm a romance book addict, so I know all the details :)

I haven't worried too much about the mini-series stuff yet. I'm still trying to get all my books listed...cuz unfortunately, the spreadsheet I keep didn't import with any decent accuracy, so I'm adding them book by book. But there's been a couple times I sat here trying to decide the best way to add all the right info.

Anyways, thanks for the suggestion!