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If you are entering a magazine with a serialized novel, the ISFDB can usually identify the serialization and connect it to the author and title.  For it to make the connection, you must enter the serialization in the standard format (e.g. "The Courts of Chaos (Part 1 of 3)".  However, it still can't connect the serialization to the title if the combination of author's name and title don't appear in the ISFDB for that novel.
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For example, the novel "The Space Merchants" was originally serialized under the title "Gravy Planet".  The serialization is entered as "Gravy Planet (Part 1 of 3)" and so on; but this will not connect the serial pieces to the published novel, because the title is different. If there had ever been a book publication of "The Space Merchants" as "Gravy Planet", then the ISFDB would have made the connection because there would be a title recorded that matched the serial.
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When entering a magazine or fanzine containing a serialized work of fiction, enter the serialization in the standard format, e.g. "The Courts of Chaos (Part 1 of 3)" or "The People of the Golden Atom (Complete Novel)".
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Once your submission has been approved, check to see if this work has been reprinted as a NOVEL or as SHORTFICTION. If it has, make each of the newly created SERIAL title records into variants of the existing NOVEL or SHORTFICTION title record. Use the top half of the "Make This Title a Variant Title or Pseudonymous Work" Web page and follow the instructions given [[Help:Screen:MakeVariant|here]]. Note that serialized works are often given a different title when they appear in book form, so additional research may be required.
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If the serialized work has not been reprinted in book form, use the bottom half of the "Make This Title a Variant Title or Pseudonymous Work" Web page to create a new parent title for the SERIAL title. A novel-length serialized work should be varianted to a NOVEL type record while a less-than-novel-length serialized work should be varianted to a SHORTFICTION type record. Use the ''year'' of the final serialization installment as the date of the newly created parent title. If the SERIAL title appeared under a pseudonym, make sure that the newly created parent title uses the canonical form of the author's name and not the pseudonym.
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Note that if the serialized work appears as multiple SERIAL titles, they will all need to be varianted to the same parent title. If the parent NOVEL/SHORTFICTION title doesn't exist yet and you are creating a new one, create one "Make Variant" submission first, wait for it to be approved and then turn the rest of the related SERIAL titles into variants of the newly created NOVEL/SHORTFICTION title.
  
Since there was not, a variant title record should be created.  To do this, use the [[Help:Screen:AddVariant|add publication screen]], and create the title record as if the book had been published under the serial title.  This causes the variant title to appear in bibliography displays -- in the example, "Gravy Planet" will now show up as a variant title of "The Space Merchants".  Note that the serialization does not appear directly under the variant title; clicking on "Gravy Planet" will show the serializations.
 
 
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==See Also==
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* [[Help:How to record a variant title]]
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* [[Help:Use of the SERIAL type]]

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When entering a magazine or fanzine containing a serialized work of fiction, enter the serialization in the standard format, e.g. "The Courts of Chaos (Part 1 of 3)" or "The People of the Golden Atom (Complete Novel)".

Once your submission has been approved, check to see if this work has been reprinted as a NOVEL or as SHORTFICTION. If it has, make each of the newly created SERIAL title records into variants of the existing NOVEL or SHORTFICTION title record. Use the top half of the "Make This Title a Variant Title or Pseudonymous Work" Web page and follow the instructions given here. Note that serialized works are often given a different title when they appear in book form, so additional research may be required.

If the serialized work has not been reprinted in book form, use the bottom half of the "Make This Title a Variant Title or Pseudonymous Work" Web page to create a new parent title for the SERIAL title. A novel-length serialized work should be varianted to a NOVEL type record while a less-than-novel-length serialized work should be varianted to a SHORTFICTION type record. Use the year of the final serialization installment as the date of the newly created parent title. If the SERIAL title appeared under a pseudonym, make sure that the newly created parent title uses the canonical form of the author's name and not the pseudonym.

Note that if the serialized work appears as multiple SERIAL titles, they will all need to be varianted to the same parent title. If the parent NOVEL/SHORTFICTION title doesn't exist yet and you are creating a new one, create one "Make Variant" submission first, wait for it to be approved and then turn the rest of the related SERIAL titles into variants of the newly created NOVEL/SHORTFICTION title.

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