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Can you provide more details, what do you exactly write down in the edition line ?
You sure it's not in the "original title" instead ? that's what it's like in the book Flashback :
"original title Flashback (Harlequin Blaze, #416)"
You sure it's not in the "original title" instead ? that's what it's like in the book Flashback :
"original title Flashback (Harlequin Blaze, #416)"
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Thomas wrote: "Can you provide more details, what do you exactly write down in the edition line ?You sure it's not in the "original title" instead ? that's what it's like in the book Flashback :
"original title..."
Thomas, here is an example of how I recorded imprint information ... this particular book is also part of a series
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
rivka wrote: "Imprint information can be added to the edition line, or to the book's description. It does not belong on the title line, and certainly not as a series object."Please don't add it as part of the book's description. If you do, it can then end up showing up on a different edition (to which it does not belong), as well as the edition you are adding it to.
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rivka wrote: "We have long added edition-specific information to the description field. Unless it is the default description (which can be fixed if accidentally set that way), it won't show up on other editions."That is true, but I have seen many print books listing how many CDs or Cassettes they use. I have also seen volume counts on single volume editions and audio books.
That's why I suggest that edition specific information should be put in the edition field, while content information should be put in the description field.
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A lot of that comes from imports. Many sources use a single description the way we have a default description -- but they use it for all editions when they import. One of the many things librarians work on cleaning up.
While the edition field is useful, long pieces of information don't belong there, and frequently do belong in the description field.
So has it been decided that the imprint names SHOULDN'T be put in the title, or were we still waiting for something to do with the search feature and it's an optional thing. I've stopped messing with that for a while and was waiting to see. I've been putting the imprints' info only in the edition field. I didn't see anything in manual, just that imprints aren't series and the title section that just shows how to format the series info. Just trying to be clear.
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Correct. Series names are optional/ok there; imprint names interfere with existing series functionality and should not go there.
So if I run across a title with the imprint in the title can I go ahead and take it out and put it in the edition field? Thanks and sorry for asking so many questions.
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Sounds good.
Caro wrote: "Thanks and sorry for asking so many questions."
In my opinion, that is something no one should ever apologize for, not if they learn from the answers. :)
THANKS! I just like to make sure I understand all the way. :)
So I get the difference between imprints and series, but I'm still a bit confused on how to add a book with either or both of theses parameters.
For example : 9780373794201, it's both a book of an imprint "Harlequin Blaze" #416, and it's also the #2 of the serie "American Heroes".
So how do you do it when you add that book ?
Specificaly I want to add a book or several from one imprint, but it's not a serie.
Name (Foo, #1)
That says it's a serie, right ? so it isn't that? Couldn't find anything on the librarian help, except some warning "imprints are not series!" but no details.