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David
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Jun 12, 2024 10:39PM
The word "The" is redundant. All series are "the X series". For example, it's not "The Harry Potter" series, it's simply "Harry Potter".
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We all have our personal preferences. To me, using definite articles in series names feels almost as awkward as adding "Series" to the title. However, it's not a major issue, so I went ahead and made the change as you requested. I can't guarantee another librarian wont undo it.
Unless the thing that it is a series of is actually a "the" thing (like, um... The Shining) I prefer to leave it out as well.
The more I look at it, the more I dislike it.Here is the series again in case someone feels stronger about this than myself.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/395248
It really is librarian preference. I do not like it with the article at the beginning of the series. I definitely do not add "Series" to the series title.This discussion reminds me of another series I just added a book to: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3077...
Some librarians might have named this series Cleopatra Fox Mysteries or Cleopatra Fox Mystery.
