Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Dan Abnett writes a ton of media tie-in fiction for various franchises and has many foreign language editions that need combining. I'd do it myself but I've already done tons of clean-up on Warhammer 40k books and it's gotten tiresome. This would be a HUGE help. Thanks!

Also, please ensure that all books are added to their proper series, if applicable. Anything that is Horus Heresy, Gaunt's Ghosts, Eisenhorn, or Ravenor should also be in Warhammer 40k as a secondary series (they are all set in that universe).

I looked for a few minutes but realized that I have absolutely no clue how to even begin to address something like this. With over 1600 distinct works, is there a way to filter the list for foreign language editions or something? Additionally, I think that this project may require domain knowledge that I just do not possess.

Yeah, I don't know the other franchises, unfortunately. Just 40k.

For the comics I had a look at a few but the publishing in different languages is quite tricky as the paperbacks do not follow the same editions in every language. So for example from a quick glance the Aquaman comics seem to be different paperbacks in German regarding the single editions as per description of the restart of the Aquqman paperback in English. Therefore I would not combine them. This is only judging based on what I see on Amazon though, could be with some fan knowledge that this is different.

Did you have a certain language in mind and a certain series? Maybe it is easier if we breack it into smaller chunks to work on.

Regarding the series I think if the edition is already in the series you want (e.g. Eisenhorn) and you add a new edition to the book that should get the same series.

I think I've gotten most of the 40k stuff taken care of. I'm not familiar with the other franchises he writes for, unfortunately.

Just out of curiosity, the Graphic Novels from W40k are currently in their own series (Warhammer 40,000 Graphic Novels), you mentioned above all W40k should have Warhammer 40,000 Series as a second series, does this apply to the Graphic Novels as well? If so, I would add that series at least to the Grpahic Novels I know of.

I'm not sure why 40k graphic novels are a separate series or if they go on the main 40k series or not. They're as canon as the books are, so I say they do.

On the combine page it says: "Adaptations or graphic novelizations should not be combined with the original work they are based upon."

So not sure that the Graphic Novels should be combined. I guess it depends on what the original work is.