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message 1: by gizem (new)

gizem k (pedantichumbug) | 22 comments I've added 3 books to a 5-volume series, from which only 2 were existent in the catalog. I'm leaving the links down below for you to connect them.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

For the cover images missing in 2 volumes:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book...


message 2: by Liralen (new)

Liralen | 8224 comments Goodreads standards for series links are different than publishers' standards; anthologies featuring numerous authors are not typically linked. See the 'Imprints are not series' section here: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

You can create a Listopia list for them if you like: https://www.goodreads.com/list


message 3: by gizem (new)

gizem k (pedantichumbug) | 22 comments Liralen wrote: "Goodreads standards for series links are different than publishers' standards; anthologies featuring numerous authors are not typically linked. See the 'Imprints are not series' section here: https..."

Thanks for the info. Does it mean the series are only for connected fictional works? Because the mentioning of 'common characters/universes' make it seem so.

The 'anthology' I brought up here has only one imprint and no multiple imprints actually. Each of them is also divided into 4 common themes (thus have the same structure), even though the selected writers and volume editors are different.

"...but they should not be [...] listed on a book's title line" I think this rule doesn't apply to this series either because the series name is literally included in the title of each individual book. In the Library of Congress it is a 1-book entry, as well:
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holding...

But anyways, just thinking out loud here. Thanks for the input again.


message 4: by Liralen (new)

Liralen | 8224 comments I've seen nonfiction works that meet GR series guidelines, but anthologies typically don't—for GR, a thematic (or structural) connection is insufficient.

I can definitely see an argument for 'Pelican Book of English Prose' being part of the title, but not as a parenthetical series designation.


message 5: by gizem (new)

gizem k (pedantichumbug) | 22 comments Liralen wrote: "I've seen nonfiction works that meet GR series guidelines, but anthologies typically don't—for GR, a thematic (or structural) connection is insufficient.

I can definitely see an argument for 'Peli..."


You're right. I should've maybe put it in the title and not in parantheses (which someone else had done before for 2 of the volumes - so I kinda made mine fit those 2 ^^)


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