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Missing: A James Lalonde Novella (James Lalonde, #1)
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A.D. Hay (authoradhay) | 6 comments Hi,

I'm having a couple of problems with my series. The first is the prequel short story, The Lawn: A James Lalonde Short Story is showing up as 2.5, but it actually is book zero. So, the series should go The Lawn (book 0), Missing (book 1), and then Duplicity (book 2).

The second problem I'm having is I have released the third edition of Missing, but it's published under a different title (Suspicion: A James Lalonde Novella) because there are changes to the plot. How do I add this new book and remove the old book (Missing) from the series?

Missing is no longer in print, and you can not buy the ebook anymore.

Kind regards,
Amelia


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A.D. Hay (authoradhay) | 6 comments Is there a way to fix the incorrect ordering of the books in the series?


message 3: by Sheila (new)

Sheila | 1 comments Hi, in the Sharpe series of books, Sharpe's Devil and Sharpe's Assassin are the wrong way round eg Sharpe's Devil should be #21 and Sharpe's Assassin # 22. Could this be corrected please.


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Miriam | 1831 comments Sheila wrote: "Hi, in the Sharpe series of books, Sharpe's Devil and Sharpe's Assassin are the wrong way round eg Sharpe's Devil should be #21 and Sharpe's Assassin # 22. Could this be corrected please."

Please post in another thread, this one is linked to a specific book


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Miriam | 1831 comments A. wrote: "Hi,

I'm having a couple of problems with my series. The first is the prequel short story, The Lawn: A James Lalonde Short Story is showing up as 2.5, but it actually is book zero. ..."


Since The Lawn is a short story, it typically gets a decimal number. So I've marked it as 0.5.

For Suspicion/Missing, the books get combined. You can set Suspicion as the default edition (which also means it will show on the series page):
https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...


message 6: by A.D. (last edited Jul 31, 2022 04:29AM) (new)

A.D. Hay (authoradhay) | 6 comments But combining Missing and Suspicion is misleading because the reviews are for Missing. Suspicion has significant changes to the plot to the point where I had to use a completely different ISBN. I am not okay with this. I have worked very hard to make improvements to the third edition because readers weren't happy. Now, I have those same reviews under a book that do not relate to that edition. How is this fair?


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