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* '''Length''' - The length of the item, referring to the wordcount. Note that if you are cloning a publication, this field is not editable for existing content records. The length field should be left blank except for SHORTFICTION, and in a couple of other cases where it makes sense: NONGENRE and NONFICTION, for example.  The options are:
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* '''Length''' - This field is only used for SHORTFICTION titles. It indicates the number of words in this SHORTFICTION title. Note that if you are cloning a publication, this field is not editable for existing content records.
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**''Novella'' - A work whose length is greater than 17500 words and less than or equal to 40000 words.
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**''Novelette'' - A work whose length is greater than 7500 words and less than or equal to 17500 words.
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:The allowed values are:
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**''Shortstory'' - A work whose length is less than or equal to 7500 words.
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:* ''short story'' - A work whose length is less than or equal to 7,500 words.
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:In addition, this field has a special function for omnibus titles.  If you are editing the title record for an omnibus (the record for the omnibus itself, not the record for one of the novels contained within the omnibus) then this field can be used to show a sequence of novels within a series.  For example, to show that the omnibus contains the first and second novels in a series, enter "/1,2".  This will result in a display of "O/1,2" in the bibliography entry for this title. See [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Tanya_Huff Tanya Huff]'s page for an example.
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:* ''novelette'' - A work whose length is greater than 7,500 words and less than or equal to 17,500 words.
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:* ''novella'' - A work whose length is greater than 17,500 words and less than or equal to 40,000 words.
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: For variant titles, including translations, use the length value of the parent title. See [[Help:How to Count Words in Prose Fiction Titles]] for further instructions and suggestions.

Latest revision as of 11:53, 18 April 2020

  • Length - This field is only used for SHORTFICTION titles. It indicates the number of words in this SHORTFICTION title. Note that if you are cloning a publication, this field is not editable for existing content records.
The allowed values are:
  • short story - A work whose length is less than or equal to 7,500 words.
  • novelette - A work whose length is greater than 7,500 words and less than or equal to 17,500 words.
  • novella - A work whose length is greater than 17,500 words and less than or equal to 40,000 words.
For variant titles, including translations, use the length value of the parent title. See Help:How to Count Words in Prose Fiction Titles for further instructions and suggestions.
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