Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Abigail wrote: "Hey All: I just wanted to double-check GR policy, before changing a listing I believe contains an error. I was under the impression that when a book is published under different titles in different..."

I've been leaving both since you can only see the description when you are already in the book. Thought it might be helpful to be able to see both titles.

My guess is that depends most on the search engine. If a person searches by the alternate title of the book, in your case "Secret Countess", will they find the book if alternate title is only in the description?

I'll defer to the powers that be ... (Rivka - is that you?)

Yes, Abigail, I agree with you, and that's how we've basically been doing it. I will defer to the powerful Rivka however. Yes, Sherry, it is Rivka, and a few others as well. ;-)

Well, we do try to do these thing by consensus whenever possible. And I'm definitely the lowest tier of PTB. ;)

IMO, the only times an alternate title should be listed in the book's title field are if it is on the cover (which does happen sometimes in smaller type), or if there is not another edition linked with the other title.

Neither of those seems to apply here.

I've a question that relates: For a book that was published under a different title in another country, should that be noted in the description for both editions?

In particular, I'm looking at A Darker Place by Laurie R. King, which was published as The Birth of a New Moon in the UK.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77...

There is now an original title field that applies to all editions. To my knowledge, that is the only place you need to denote the original title.

Correct, although a Librarian's Note to that effect can be useful to avoid accidental uncombinings.