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::Unless a publication is within 90 days of actual publication, it is ISFDB policy to hold off creating a record for it. So many changes can occur before the book actually appears that keeping up with them would create an unnecessary burden. Since it's apparent that you are the co-editor of the anthology, we can leave that task to you. When a publication date is announced, you'll have to update the date field in the publication record, the title record, and all of the content records (including the coverart record). Thanks and welcome to the ISFDB. [[User:Mhhutchins|Mhhutchins]] 16:14, 29 March 2014 (UTC) | ::Unless a publication is within 90 days of actual publication, it is ISFDB policy to hold off creating a record for it. So many changes can occur before the book actually appears that keeping up with them would create an unnecessary burden. Since it's apparent that you are the co-editor of the anthology, we can leave that task to you. When a publication date is announced, you'll have to update the date field in the publication record, the title record, and all of the content records (including the coverart record). Thanks and welcome to the ISFDB. [[User:Mhhutchins|Mhhutchins]] 16:14, 29 March 2014 (UTC) | ||
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== ''Norton Book of Science Fiction'' == | == ''Norton Book of Science Fiction'' == | ||
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Shattered Shields
Hi. I accepted your submission of Shattered Shields and made two tweaks: I changed "Baen Books" to just "Baen", as we seem to have settled on omitting the trailing Books for it, and I added a "$" to the price -- prices should be entered with currency information. It would be great if you would record the contents for it. If you need any help doing that, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks. --MartyD 12:54, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you, Marty. I will add contents. The only reason I didn't is that I don't have page numbers yet as the book is in formatting. Would you prefer I add books after all that is ready or update them as it's available? I can, for example, list all the stories and authors now but add page numbers later or I can wait. Also, how do I add short stories? I did not see an add link specifically for that. Thanks for your help. BryanThomasS 14:57, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
- Unless a publication is within 90 days of actual publication, it is ISFDB policy to hold off creating a record for it. So many changes can occur before the book actually appears that keeping up with them would create an unnecessary burden. Since it's apparent that you are the co-editor of the anthology, we can leave that task to you. When a publication date is announced, you'll have to update the date field in the publication record, the title record, and all of the content records (including the coverart record). Thanks and welcome to the ISFDB. Mhhutchins 16:14, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
I just entered the authors and titles of all stories in the Table of Contents. I don't have page numbers final yet but will update those when I do. BTS
Norton Book of Science Fiction
I'm holding your submission to add a publication date of 1993 to this record for the third printing. Is there either internal evidence or a secondary source that can confirm the date this printing was published. [The first printing was published in October 1993.] Unless we have more substantial data about this printing's publication date, it must remain with an unknown publication date. I'll hold the submission until you've had a chance to respond. Mhhutchins 17:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
- You know, I didn't understand what you were doing. Apologies. I just saw a publication date out there and thought somehow it got overlooked. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BryanThomasS (talk • contribs) .
- No worries. The ISFDB allows the creation of records for multiple printings of an edition. Because many publishers don't provide the date of subsequent printings, and because of the ISFDB policy of entering data as accurately as possible, there will be records that have incomplete data. Please don't hesitate to create new records or to update current records that are incomplete (or incorrect), as long as the data you're entering is from the primary source (the publication itself) or from a reliable secondary source. Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:24, 15 May 2014 (UTC)