Help:Screen:Title

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When you click on a title, the screen displays a screen entitled "Bibliography: <title>", where <title> is the title you clicked on. This screen displays the following information.

• Title information. The title is displayed, followed by the author(s), and then the date of first publication, and the title type. If the title is not a work of speculative fiction and is not related to speculative fiction, "[non-fiction]" is displayed next to the title type. If the title is part of a series, the series name and the title's number in the series are also displayed. Any synopsis or notes information is displayed if present. If this work is a variant title or a pseudonymously published version of the canonical title of this work, then this section will say "Variant title of" and link to the canonical title.
• Variant titles. If the title/author combination displayed is the canonical version of the title, then any variant titles will be displayed. This will list the variant title, the date of first publication under that variant title, and the author name under which that variant title appeared.
• Serials. If the work was serialized, the serializations are listed. Each part is listed, and is a link to a title record for that serial part.
• Awards. If the work has won any awards, these are listed next, in date order.
• Publications. All publications of the work are listed. Each title is a link to the publication display for that publication. The date, publisher, ISBN, price, page count, format, verification status and cover artist are given, if they have been recorded for that publication. The cover artist is linked to a display of that artists work. Note that if this title is a variant, publications are only displayed for this variant; if the title is the canonical one, then all publications are displayed.
• Reviews. If any reviews of the work exist, they are listed next.