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* '''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.  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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**sf - ''Shortfiction'' - This is the default story length for shortfiction and means the length is not defined.
 
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**ss - ''Shortstory'' - A work whose length is less than or equal to 7,500 words.  (Roughly, 20 or fewer pages in a book.)
 
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**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.)
 
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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.)
 
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**jvn - ''Juvenile'' - This story is targetted 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.
 
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**nvz - ''Novelization'' - Indicates that this story is a novelization of an earlier shortfiction. Note that this code is not available when editing the Contents section of a publication but you will see it when editing title records.
 
  
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:In addition, this field has a special function for omnibus titles. Any text entered in this field for an omnibus (the record for the omnibus itself, not the record for one of the novels contained within the omnibus) will be displayed after an "O" in a bibliography display of the omnibus. For example, this field can be used to show a sequence of novels within a series. 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.  Other possible uses include "/1N/2C" to indicate the omnibus contains a novel and two collections.
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:The allowed values are:
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:* ''short story'' - A work whose length is less than or equal to 7,500 words.
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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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