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**nv - ''Novella'' - A work whose length is greater than 17,500 words and less than or equal to 40,000 words. (Roughly 50 to 100 pages in a book.)
 
**nv - ''Novella'' - A work whose length is greater than 17,500 words and less than or equal to 40,000 words. (Roughly 50 to 100 pages in a book.)
  
For OMNIBUS titles enter the following after the slash ("/") character:
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For OMNIBUS titles enter the slash ("/") character followed by:
 
* For omnibuses that contain numbered titles belonging to the same series, enter their respective numbers within the series, e.g. "/1,2" or "/4-6"  
 
* For omnibuses that contain numbered titles belonging to the same series, enter their respective numbers within the series, e.g. "/1,2" or "/4-6"  
 
* For other types of omnibuses, enter the count of included titles, e.g. "/3N" or "/2N+2C" where "N" stands for "Novel" and "C" stands for "Collection"
 
* For other types of omnibuses, enter the count of included titles, e.g. "/3N" or "/2N+2C" where "N" stands for "Novel" and "C" stands for "Collection"

Revision as of 00:04, 28 November 2016

  • Length - The length of the item in words. Note that if you are cloning a publication, this field is not editable for existing content records.

For SHORTFICTION titles the allowed values are:

    • ss - Shortstory - A work whose length is less than or equal to 7,500 words. (Roughly 20 or fewer pages in a book.)
    • nt - Novelette - A work whose length is greater than 7,500 words and less than or equal to 17,500 words. (Roughly 20 to 50 pages in a book.)
    • nv - Novella - A work whose length is greater than 17,500 words and less than or equal to 40,000 words. (Roughly 50 to 100 pages in a book.)

For OMNIBUS titles enter the slash ("/") character followed by:

  • For omnibuses that contain numbered titles belonging to the same series, enter their respective numbers within the series, e.g. "/1,2" or "/4-6"
  • For other types of omnibuses, enter the count of included titles, e.g. "/3N" or "/2N+2C" where "N" stands for "Novel" and "C" stands for "Collection"

The entered text will be displayed after an "O" on all bibliographic pages for the omnibus.

For title types other than SHORTFICTION and OMNIBUS, the allowed values are:

  • jvn - Juvenile - This work is targeted at the juvenile or Young Adult market. Note that this code is not available when editing the Contents section of a publication but you will see it when editing title records.
  • nvz - Novelization - This story is a novelization of a movie, TV show, game or other non-written work. Note that this code is not available when editing the Contents section of a publication but you will see it when editing title records.