Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

As an example, Oliver Twist shows Richard Rogers as the author, though it is definitely an adaptation of the work by Charles Dickens.

Should the original author be primary or the adapting author?

Also, it seems the publication information should be deleted from the title (and there are 6 editions so named), but if the authors are switched, does that make it confusing so that another librarian would want to combine? If it should be deleted (and I think that is policy), then is it preferable to add a librarian note to each edition that it is a children's adaptation?

For adaptations, the adapter gets the primary author spot. This is in part to prevent incorrect combinations between the adaptation and the original work, as only books with identical primary authors can be combined. It's also a good idea to add a librarian's note to prevent future recombination.

And you're right, publication/edition info does not belong in the title field. You could move that to the edition info or into the book blurb itself.

Z-squared wrote: "And you're right, publication/edition info does not belong in the title field. You could move that to the edition info or into the book blurb itself.
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Thank you. I like how it looks in the edition information, but when that doesn't work I'll see if I can find a way to incorporate it into the summary/description.