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message 1: by Anton (new)

Anton (antonm) | 34 comments What to do if there are two novels in one book? For example, in this edition (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...) there are 2 novels - Hot Snow and Platoons. But it is mentioned as just one of the editions of Hot snow. What to do with another novel in this book?


message 2: by lafon حمزة (last edited Aug 14, 2012 02:23PM) (new)

lafon حمزة نوفل (lafon) | 3544 comments I've separated them out. Books that have more than one work in them should not be combined with single books.


message 3: by Anton (new)

Anton (antonm) | 34 comments It means that all the reviews of other users on the page of each novel will be missing on this common page, right? Maybe there could be a link to the page of each novel?


message 4: by Violetta (new)

Violetta | 477 comments Reviews are linked to the edition that a person chooses, so if people reviewed the dual-book, their comments will stay with it. Likewise, those who reviewed Hot Snow will have their comments stay with Hot Snow. Does this answer your question Anton?


message 5: by Anton (new)

Anton (antonm) | 34 comments Actually not. When I open pages with different editions of one book (for example, the Girl with a dragon tattoo - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65... and http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...) - I see the same reviews for all the 150 editions. And that really helps, because I am reading Russian edition, but I want to know what people all over the world think about the book. But it's different in case of Hot snow, because after the edition with two novels was separated I cannot see all the reviews of Hot snow which are on its own page.


message 6: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8957 comments There's really no way around it. Books can only be linked if the entire contents are the same (not including things like introductions).


message 7: by Anton (new)

Anton (antonm) | 34 comments Ok, thank you, Scott.


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