Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I am a big fan of Ed Mc Bain's THE 87TH PRECINCT NOVELS. Is this a series or not?

According to a couple of sites I checked, it is a series. Here's the order from
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/e...


87th Precinct
1. Cop Hater (1956)
2. The Mugger (1956)
3. The Pusher (1956)
4. The Con Man (1957)
5. Killer's Choice (1957)
6. Killer's Payoff (1958)
7. Killer's Wedge (1958)
8. Lady Killer (1958)
9. 'til Death (1959)
10. King's Ransom (1959)
11. Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960)
12. The Heckler (1960)
13. See Them Die (1960)
14. Lady, Lady, I Did It (1960)
15. The Empty Hours (1960)
16. Like Love (1962)
17. Ten Plus One (1963)
18. Ax (1963)
19. He Who Hesitates (1965)
20. Doll (1965)
21. Eighty Million Eyes (1966)
22. Fuzz (1968)
23. Shotgun (1968)
24. Jigsaw (1970)
25. Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here (1971)
26. Sadie, When She Died (1972)
27. Lets Hear It for the Deaf Man (1961)
28. Hail to the Chief (1973)
29. Bread (1974)
30. Blood Relatives (1975)
31. So Long As You Both Shall Live (1976)
32. Long Time No See (1977)
33. Calypso (1979)
34. Ghosts (1980)
35. Heat (1981)
36. Ice (1983)
37. Lightning (1984)
38. Eight Black Horses (1985)
39. Poison (1987)
40. Tricks (1987)
41. Lullaby (1989)
42. Vespers (1989)
43. Widows (1991)
44. Kiss (1992)
45. Mischief (1993)
46. And All Through the House (1986)
47. Romance (1995)
48. Nocturne (1997)
49. The Big Bad City (1998)
50. The Last Dance (1999)
51. Money, Money, Money (2001)
52. Fat Ollie's Book (2003)
53. The Frumious Bandersnatch (2004)
54. Hark! (2004)
55. Fiddlers (2005)
McBain's Ladies: The Women of the 87th (1988)
McBain's Ladies Too (1989)

As I was setting up my bookshelf I did not see any that listed the order numbers and before I started a big project I thought I should check. I only did a random check of about 8 books but none of the editions showed the order.

New Question...

I am a fairly new librarian and I am willing to take on the project of putting the series order on the books but I want to do it right. My question is : Do I need to change each edition? They appear to already be combined but none of them list the series name or number.

Unfortunately, yes. As things currently stand, if you want to add series info to a book, you have to add it to every edition separately.

Thanks! I just do not want to do a half job. Thank goodness for C & P to make things faster.

Going back to my project now.

Some people add series label to only the most popular edition. Other will add it to the first few popular. I try to add it to all, but if there are a lot of editions (like 20+) I will add it to those that have reviews of that specific edition.