Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the Additions to the Manual folder.

I'm pretty good at searching for things, but I don't find anything in the manual that defines what Goodreads policy is on series. There is a policy and most of us who have been librarians for awhile know what it is.

A publisher or author may group titles together and call them a series, but that doesn't necessarily qualify them on Goodreads, even when all of the books have the same general theme. For example, fairy tales or re-tellings based on writings by a classical author do not consitute a series on Goodreads.

A series must have recurring characters or share a setting/universe throughout the installments.

I found this

https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

To me, that makes it clear that Twisted Tales aren't a series. Twisted Tales come up so often, that maybe they could be given as an example of something that isn't a series on Goodreads?

Edit: or they could add to the Manual
The author says it is a series
The book publisher says it's a series
Amazon & other booksellers say it is a series
Do not make it a series on Goodreads

Ah, that bit about Imprints are not series comes so late in that article that I missed it. Maybe others do too. Do you think it should be more prominent or a separate entry?

Maybe the stuff about how to create a series needs to be at the bottom, in the hope that people read the whole post.

There probably needs to be something about non fiction series. I struggle with those & usually get confirmation from other librarians before working on.

Also, Moderators. :) Maybe a stickied Is this a series? thread would be helpful. We used to have one, but people kept putting series requests in it so it became a mess.

I agree about the nonfiction series. Those are less clear. I tend to think those can lean more toward a theme, but I think those need to be decided on a case by case basis. It's hard to express succinctly in a policy statement how they fit in a series on Goodreads..

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Edit: or they could add to the Manual
The author says it is a series
The book publisher says it's a series
Amazon & other booksellers say it is a series
Do not make it a series on Goodreads"

+1 I agree this should be added to the manual.