Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Is there a standard practice for dealing with StoryBundle ebook collections? e.g.:
http://storybundle.com/

The current bundle features this book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

Someone has already created an edition of that book for the StoryBundle version. The only other instances I could find on Goodreads for StoryBundles were Listopia examples, e.g.:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/39...

Should StoryBundle collections be treated like omnibuses? Or should they not have editions at all? Or should each book within the StoryBundle collection get a separate edition to be combined with the other formats? I'm not clear on how StoryBundles work, whether a bundle, once purchased, appears as several distinct ebooks or one omnibus collection of ebooks. Help!

When you buy the story bundle, do you get one massive file that has all the books in it or do you get separate files/physical books?

No idea, I was hoping somebody else knew.

Monique wrote: "When you buy the story bundle, do you get one massive file that has all the books in it or do you get separate files/physical books?"

Seems like that shouldn't make much difference. If they are sold as one package deal, then they'd be like an omnibus or a box set. I don't think there should be separate items added for each book, but one for the bundle as a whole.

I just bought the StoryBundle (thanks guys for giving me the excuse to finally buy it), and IMO there shouldn't be either a specific edition nor an omnibus entry. Really, it's just being repackaged, and technically not sold together. Unless there is a specific ISBN or something, just use the regular ebook edition.

Ah, so it's like walking into a bookstore and buying a "buy five from this shelf" deal?

Then yeah, no new entries should be added, and that storybundle ebook entry should be merged with the regular ebook for that book.

To me it seems that this is just a different way of paying for books.

Pay at least 10 and get two bonus books

Direct download allows you to save the books to your computer first, and then transfer...

...we can send the books directly to your device. No computer required.

We take a handful of books—usually about five or so—and group them together to offer as a bundle.

All our titles come in both .mobi and .epub formats, ...

I think they are separate just come together. I can ask in their FB page. https://www.facebook.com/StoryBundle

Edit: Thanks Lafon. :]

rivka wrote: "Ah, so it's like walking into a bookstore and buying a "buy five from this shelf" deal?"

Well, the closest you can get to it in the eWorld anyway.

I agree that they should not be added as their own editions.

However, in this case I think it's just a matter of removing the "Story Bundle Edition" and making the book an alternate cover.

The only other eBooks are 1 Kindle Edition and 1 Nook edition (with BNID). Seems to me that the plain eBook edition would be valid in this case since the edition sold with the storybundle would NOT be a Kindle or Nook specific edition.

Ah, good catch.

So in terms of Listopias, how do we make sure the Storybundle listopias contain valid books? Seems like the bundle is a one-time thing. The people who are creating these listopias are linking to the storybundle website, but not to any specific package of books so I envision a lot of books being spammed onto these lists. Most Listopias that contain a fixed list of titles have a link to a website so that you can verify what was on the original list.

They have an archive of all the Bundles ever sold: http://storybundle.com/archive
I don't use listopia so I'm not sure where each list is, but you'd have to specifically choose a Bundle link from there.

Thanks! I'll fix that edition as suggested.