Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Hi, I am trying to add a new book. Here it is. It is a small illustrated poetry anthology. One of the illustrators also contributed an original poem, and another illustrator is also one of the editors. Do I just put "author and illustrator" in the same role field?

EDIT: Actually, the book contains poems by other authors, just not apparently original to this particular book. Do I list each and every one? There are around ten.

In the same field yes. There is no other way to do this except stick to the major role. I usually separate roles with forward slash - Author/Illustrator

Yes, all authors should be listed (if known). The primary author for an anthology should be an editor to help keep editions together. In this case it would be (1st) E. Nesbit and (2nd) Robert Elice Mark.

Please also add an ISBN/ISBN13 if you know one.

Thanks.

It's an antique book so there is no ISBN.

This is what I made if you would like to double-check.

Perfect! Thanks for that

Is there any formal policy on / ? I've been using "Author and Narrator" but I can certainly go back through my history and fix those all to Author/Narrator if that's the preference.

J. Darien wrote: "Is there any formal policy on / ? I've been using "Author and Narrator" but I can certainly go back through my history and fix those all to Author/Narrator if that's the preference."

No, there isn't. "and" and "/" are both used to denote double author roles. (Personally, I prefer "Author/Illustrator" to "Author and Illustrator" etc., but I don't think it matters much.)