User talk:Greenfirephoenix
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Consigned to the Sea
This record was accepted but some changes were made for it to comply with ISFDB standards. Those standards are linked in the Welcome section above.
- The date of publication was added based on the Amazon listing.
- The binding was changed to "tp" (for "trade paperback") because it's more than 7 inches tall.
- The title of the introduction was disambiguated by parenthetically adding the title of the work being introduced. This is done for generic titles.
- The introduction's type was changed from NONFICTION to ESSAY. The former is used for book-length works, the latter for shorter non-fiction works which are contained in a larger publication.
- The synopsis was edited to be less subjective. Don't use publisher blurbs whose only purpose is to sell the book. It should be a simple synopsis of the work.
A question: What is the book's title as given on its title page? The cover gives the title as Consigned to the Sea and Other Stories. If that is the title given on the title page, that should be reflected in the ISFDB publication record's title field.
Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 17:20, 4 September 2014 (UTC)