Please add books to new series

[Jason]

Please create a new series "Python Concurrency Jump-Start"

And add the 7 books (authored by me):

* Python Threading Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
* Python ThreadPool Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
* Python ThreadPoolExecutor Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
* Python Multiprocessing Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
* Python Multiprocessing Pool Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
* Python ProcessPoolExecutor Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
* Python Asyncio Jump-Start
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Thank you kindly!

Jason.

[Emma]

Done!

[Jason]

Thank you Emma!

[Tami]

This doesn't seem to qualify as a series per Goodreads policies.

[Emma]

Would you mind explaining that? These are seven non-fiction books about the Python programming language, on the topic Concurrency. On the cover it is also mentioned that these books are part of a seven day course, with each book being 1/7th of the course.

[Emma]

Just to give a comparable example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

[Tami]

Please refer to this comment by rivka https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... that example you linked also doesn't seem to qualify as a series per Goodreads policies.

[Emma]

That thread is about fiction books. For fiction books we require that they have characters or a 'universe' in common.

For non-fiction books like this one, there are no characters (because it is about a programming language). There are examples aplenty of Non-Fiction books without characters that belong to a series, mainly because they belong to the same course. The seven parts of this Python course (the seven books) together instruct the reader on Concurrency.

Here is another example: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3217...

[Tami]

Ok, thanks. I didn't know that there could be series for non-fiction books.

[Emma]

No worries! There is obviously still need to verify commonality, and I appreciate your feedback.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Emma wrote: "These are seven non-fiction books about the Python programming language, on the topic Concurrency. On the cover it is also mentioned that these books are part of a seven day course, with each book being 1/7th of the course."

For the record, I agree that these constitute a series. (I also agree that determining series for non-fiction books can be challenging.)

[Jason]

Oh dear, sorry to cause drama!

I note that my above series is also accepted as a series on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLHNYQLG

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Goodreads has different policies than Amazon regarding what constitutes a series.

[Tami]

Jason wrote: "Oh dear, sorry to cause drama!..."

Oh no, you didn't cause drama. I just wasn't aware of the rules for non-fiction series, and it was a good thing I said something otherwise I would still be ignorant to it. I'm thankful Emma was patient and explained it to me. Sorry if I made anyone feel bad, it wasn't my intention, truly everything I said was in good faith.

[Emma]

Jason wrote: "I note that my above series is also accepted as a series on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLHNYQLG"
Updated the description of the series based on that Amazon series page.

Tami wrote: "Oh no, you didn't cause drama"
Neither of you did! There are always edge cases and its good to verify other librarian's intuitions against your own. As mentioned above, I appreciate the feedback! These conversations are necessary; the Goodreads Librarian Manual is a general guideline, but there will always be examples or edge cases that stump librarians.

[Tami]

Thank you Emma ❤️