User talk:Eric J. Guignard

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Author image

Author images should not be posted on the Bio page because it duplicates the image on the author's database summary page. I will attempt again to remove it from this page. Please do not add it back. I've also deleted the page you created using the Bibliographic Comments links on the author's database summary page. That page should not be a duplicate of the Bio page, but is used to add bibliographic information that is not easily handled by the database records. It can also be used for discussions of a bibliographic nature about the author's publications. Thanks. Mhhutchins 01:41, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations

I had to reject your submission to add two formats into the publication format field of this record. There can only be one format per record. Here is a list of acceptable formats. Further research has shown that this is a trade paperback and should be entered as "tp". I will clone this record to create a separate one for the ebook. Mhhutchins 21:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I've deleted the bibliographic comments page you created for this record. If you have the book in hand, that should be noted at the time of the submission to create the record or update an existing one. After the submission has been accepted do a Primary Verification of the record. The instructions to do that are linked in the Welcome section above. Mhhutchins 22:36, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

After Death

The submission adding this publication to the database was accepted (a second attempt was rejected, please wait for a moderator to handle it before making a duplicate submission). Several changes will have to be made. Please keep these in mind when making future submissions. Also take some time to read the instructions on how to enter publications in the database.

1. Format field was changed to "tp" (see the previous message). Each format requires a separate record (cloning an existing one is the best way to do this).
2. The ISBN-13 as given in the Amazon listing was added to the record.
3. Title was changed to After Death . . . (note the spaces between the periods of the ellipsis, the ISFDB standard)

I could find no record of an ebook edition on Amazon. Once it is published, you can clone the present record and make the appropriate changes (the format would be "ebook").

I also added the source of the data. If you have the book in hand, let the moderator know this in the "Note to Moderator" field of the submission. If you're working from a secondary source, you must give the source for your data in the "Note" field of the submission. Thanks. Mhhutchins 21:17, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Mhhutchins, Thank you for your corrections. Per your request, I do have: "book in hand" for reference. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eric J. Guignard (talk • contribs) .

When adding a response to a message, you should use a colon to indent it from the previous one. This makes it easier to read the response and to follow the discussion. Also, you must end each post by adding four tildes (~~~~) which will sign and date the message. Thanks. Mhhutchins 22:42, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm slowly working my way through this site and learning it. I appreciate your e-mail and I e-mailed a response back. When I first entered the anthology book, "AFTER DEATH . . ." into the database, there was a section for "Reviews". I tried to enter one, but it may not have been done correctly. I no longer even see that as an option. Is that something I am able to change?Eric J. Guignard 23:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Reviews are not entered into the publication record of the work being reviewed. You have to create a publication record for the publication which contains the review. For example, if the work is reviewed in Asimov's SF, then there is a review content record in the publication record of the issue containing the review. Unfortunately, we can not create publication records for non-speculative fiction publications like Publisher's Weekly. You have the option to add this data manually by updating the title record of the work being reviewed. So go to the anthology's title record, click on "Edit Title Data" and in the Note field enter the data for the review. BTW you should add a colon to the number in the previous message so that each subsequent post is indented from the one above it. If you look at the raw data of this topic (click the [edit] link to the right), you'll see that this message has four colons in front of it (it's the fourth response to the original post). If you respond to this message, you'll need to enter five colons in front of the response. (This is standard Wiki language.) Also, I've responded to the questions you asked in the email. You should have received it by now. Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:17, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

I understand. I mis-read it while I was initially inputting the book. Thank you again for your help. Eric J. Guignard 23:21, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

INTERIORART records

Records for interior art should be titled the same as the work they illustrate. You have the option of creating one record for each work of art, or one for the entire book. I changed the title of the INTERIORART record for this book to the title of the book. One question, was the cover art a collaboration between you and Kevin Scott Sutay? Or are there different elements that each of you are responsible for? Thanks. Mhhutchins 00:20, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi, yes, for Audra Phillips, she has 35 separate illustrations all within the book interior. For the cover, I credited in the copyright page as Cover Art by Kevin Scott Sutay and Cover Design by Eric J. Guignard. Thank you.Eric J. Guignard 00:28, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Then you should not be credited in the Cover Art field. We only have the option to credit the Cover Design in the record's Note field. Please correct the record when you get a chance. (I removed the extra colons you entered in the previous response. Remember, just add one to the number in the previous post. This is the second response to the original message so it has two colons.) Thanks. Mhhutchins 00:31, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I made the corrections, per your request. All should be good now! Thank you for your review and insight.Eric J. Guignard 00:42, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Evil Jester Digest, Volume 2

Submission adding this record was accepted by a few changes were made. The deep-link to the cover image file on Goodreads was replaced by the one on the Amazon.com server. We can only link to files on servers for which we have been given permission. Those permitting sites are listed here. You always have the option of uploading the file to the ISFDB server. Just click on the link "Upload cover scan" under the metadata of the publication record, and follow the directions. The file must be saved on your hard drive first.

I also removed the Note that "Data from book in hand. Cover Art from www.goodreads.com. ISBN-10: 0615735444 ISBN-13: 978-0615735443" The primary source was noted in the "Note to Moderator" field, the cover art no longer links to Goodreads, and it's not necessary to add the ISBN to the Note field, that goes in the ISBN field. The system automatically generates the matching ISBN, e. g. entering the ISBN-13 generates the ISBN-10, and entering the ISBN-10 generates the ISBN-13. You should only enter the one that's given in the publication itself. (Publishers weren't require to use the ISBN-13 until January 2007, but some started earlier than that.) Thanks. Mhhutchins 03:07, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

All noted. Thanks again for your careful review!Eric J. Guignard 03:29, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

The Horror Zine [Books]

Hi. In researching some other Horror Zine-related submissions, I came to the conclusion that they call themselves "The Horror Zine", not "The Horror Zine Books", so I changed the only two publications we had referring to them with "Books" to omit that. One of those was your verified A Feast of Frights. From what I could see in the Amazon Look Inside, it looked like that is consistent, but the Look Inside does not show the title page. If you would check and let me know if you see "The Horror Zine Books", that would be great -- I can easily put it back. Thanks. --MartyD 11:12, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Marty! The original e-magazine is "The Horror Zine" and the print books are compilations of "best of" from these stories. The interior title page of A Feast of Frights states: "Published by The Horror Zine Books". I do see that on Amazon.com, the publisher is simply listed as "The Horror Zine". Not sure where the discrepancy is, but the physical book does say: The Horror Zine Books.

Thanks. I put it back and added a statement to that effect in the notes. I also changed the other book -- I can see it has the same "Published by The Horror Zine Books" on its title page (which is shown in the Look Inside). --MartyD 11:38, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Smog / Baggage of Eternal Night

I'm holding the submission to add a record of this publication. It appears that this should be typed as either an OMNIBUS of two novels or an ANTHOLOGY of two novellas, not a NOVEL. At 222 pages, it's likely to be the latter. Do you know if either of the works are over 40,000 words?

Also, the Amazon Look-Inside shows the cover artist is Alan M. Clark, not Alan Clark. How is your copy credited? Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 00:07, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

One last thing: Amazon gives the publication date as September 6, 2013. Is this correct? If so, that should be the date of the record, with Amazon given as the source. Thanks. Mhhutchins 00:09, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Looking at the Amazon listing, I see it indicates the contents are novellas. I'm going to accept the submission and make the changes. This will mean creating content records for each of the two novellas. Once I've finished, I'll let you know, and then you can make any changes to the data that doesn't match your copy. Mhhutchins 00:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Here is the amended publication record. Mhhutchins 01:10, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi, and thank you for your updates!

To answer your questions: Word Count for each novella is as follows: 22,000 words for SMOG and 35,000 words for BAGGAGE OF ETERNAL NIGHT. Neither have been published before. I suppose you're right that Anthology would okay. I think an Omnibus is for "previously published material". Is 40,000 words the count needed for a novel?

Alan M. Clark is correct. He goes by both names of Alan M. Clark and Alan Clark. I think when I tried first to link his name, it was only as Alan Clark. Anyway, it is correct as your currently have it.

Yes, September 6, 2013 is the correct publication date.

Anyway, it appears all the updates you made are correct. Thanks again, and sorry for my delay in response.

Warm regards, Eric Eric J. Guignard 21:07, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes, novels start at 40K words. About Clark, he has been credited both ways. The ISFDB record should credit him the same as he's credited in the publication. Thanks. Mhhutchins 22:09, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Hell Comes to Hollywood

Re this record: Generic titles like "Introduction" and "Foreword" should be disambiguated. Also, spaces should be used after all periods in an initialed name. ("R.B. Payne" should be entered as "R. B. Payne".) I've made corrections to the record. Also, when you get a chance, you should add the starting page for each story. (Don't use the contents page to add this data, since they are often wrong.) Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins|talk 01:30, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Also, since you've done a primary verification of the record, remove Amazon as the source given in the Note field, unless there is some data which isn't stated in the pub (like the price or publication date) and is only available on Amazon. Mhhutchins|talk 01:32, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Stoker Awards

I mistakenly rejected your submission to add an award because it was entered under the wrong year...or so I thought. I had assumed that the 2014 award was for work published in 2013. It appears that the 2014 Stoker award was presented in 2015 for work published in 2014. Most awards date their awards for work in the previous year. I've made the correction. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins|talk 07:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Exploring Dark Short Fiction #1: A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem

Hello, I've approved your submission but had to make some changes to conform to our standards:

• changed author to simply Steve Rasnic Tem (in such case we only list the fiction authors).
• largely trimmed synopsis (it's not a blurbing space).
• disambiguated Introduction.
• regularized the title of the INTERIORART record (set it to the title of the book).
• merged the stories with the ones already in the db.

The result is here. As the publisher (or so I suppose), you'll be able to add the page numbers and the price. Note that you may also opt to shorten the title to simply A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem (IMHO a better solution), but it's your call. Thanks for contributing. Hauck 16:37, 14 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks so much for your review and modifications! Eric J. Guignard 16:28, 18 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks for adding this book. Would you be able to check how long the new story "Whatever You Want" is? Under 7,500 words is a short story, 7,500-17,500 is a novelette, longer is a novella. Thanks!

The story, "Whatever You Want" is 3,357 words long.Eric J. Guignard 12:34, 7 August 2017 (EDT)

Also, I have corrected the binding in this record: the book is 5.5 by 8.5 inches in size, so the binding is tp not pb. --Vasha 04:08, 3 August 2017 (EDT)

OKay, thanks! Eric J. Guignard 12:34, 7 August 2017 (EDT)

Winter Horror Days

In your verified publication Winter Horror Days you have "Winter Witch" down as a short story, but is this really correct? On her own bibliography the author says it's a poem. --Vasha 19:02, 30 August 2017 (EDT)

Hi Vasha, yes, you are correct. I have the book in hand. “Winter Witch” should be classified as a poem, not as a short story. Additionally, the inclusion, “Krampus Comes to Town” should also be listed as a poem. I’m not sure how to go back and make the corrections on my end… are you able to correct?

Eric J. Guignard 11:31, 2 September 2017 (EDT)

There is an "Edit" link at the top right corner of every record, to take you to the form to make changes. --Vasha 12:30, 2 September 2017 (EDT)

That Which Grows Wild, publication dates

I added original publication dates to some of the stories in That Which Grows Wild based on your PDF bibliography--if you get a chance, I'd appreciate if you'd check that it's all correct. Thanks --Vasha (cazadora de tildes) 20:41, 15 October 2018 (EDT)

They look fine, thank you very much!Eric J. Guignard 12:37, 3 November 2020 (EST)

Typo in "The Best of Horror Library: Volumes 1-5"

Hi, please check and fix the title on page 191 of The Best of Horror Library: Volumes 1-5; I think it should be "Exegesis of THE Insect Apocrypha." --Vasha (cazadora de tildes) 02:12, 21 December 2018 (EST)

Sorry for the delay in response, but yes, you are correct. It should read as: "Exegesis of the Insect Apocrypha".Eric J. Guignard 22:44, 2 November 2020 (EST)

Exploring Dark Short Fiction

A quick note to let you know that "Exploring Dark Short Fiction" has been converted from a "title series" to a "publication series". Publication series generally consist of otherwise unrelated texts that were grouped by the publisher in some way. The change affected one of your verified publications, Exploring Dark Short Fiction #1: A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem. Ahasuerus 17:37, 23 January 2019 (EST)

Sorry for the delay in response, but this is noted, and thank you.Eric J. Guignard 22:41, 2 November 2020 (EST)

I'm also renaming each volume with the preface of: Exploring Dark Short Fiction. That is the full and proper title, e.g.: Exploring Dark Short Fiction #3: A Primer to Nisi Shawl. Additionally I'm adding myself as cover artist on each, as well as filling out other fields of info. (it's been a long time since I've added to these pages!)Eric J. Guignard 22:51, 2 November 2020 (EST)

This is against current practice actually - we do not add the name of the series to the title of a book. As "Exploring Dark Short Fiction" is the series already, it should really not be added to the title as well. We can add you as the artist of course but if we add the series name, someone will remove it sooner or later to make the books conform to policy :( Annie 12:32, 3 November 2020 (EST)

Thank you for the feedback. I don't want to go outside of current practice. But if I was to click on the individual publication record, the title would not reference the full and correct title that aligns with ISBN numbers and all other publication records... For example, this page: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?702340 . The publication title just states: A Primer to Nisi Shawl. However the official title is: Exploring Dark Short Fiction #3: A Primer to Nisi Shawl. Again, I don't want to cause any weird page issues, so I will defer to your judgement. I'm just a bit confused on that.

You can add that to the notes -- with a note that the series name is removed per current usage. If you look at the title level, lower on the page, you will see the series name. A lot of books have their series on their title pages and a lot of them have them as part of their name on copyright pages because the publisher decided to. If you insist on adding them, someone may approve... but as I mentioned - even if they get approved now, someone may change them again at any time... and we really do not want an editing war on our hands. It is a bit of a gray area -- if a book has its own title, the series usually gets removed from the name. But adding the series is not completely out of policy either - at least for now. The text in the help page is: "Note that the title page may show the series name, and sometimes the publication's position in the series. The present (2018) usage is to enter only the "simplified" title, for example, you could enter the title for a publication as "Song of the Dragon" and the note would have "The title page states 'Song of the' over 'Dragon' over 'The annals of Drakis: Book One'."" Annie 13:06, 3 November 2020 (EST)

BTW, second (and unrelated) question: Once I have submitted an edit, and it goes to the moderator for approval, is there a way to go back and make a correction to what I submitted? Yesterday I made updates to pages, and then realized I forgot to correct something, or didn't explain my reasoning appropriately. But once I've sent the edit, I don't know how to revise it, until it's been reviewed (i.e. I don't want to waste a moderator's time checking something I mis-input)!Eric J. Guignard 12:46, 3 November 2020 (EST)

No, you cannot correct an already submitted edit. You can reject it (from your My Pending and submit it again though. That way you won't confuse the moderators as well -- if you have multiple edits in the system, depending on the order of approval, you may end up with really bad data :) Annie 13:06, 3 November 2020 (EST)

Oh, thank you! That helps, I'll just cancel those issues and resubmit.Eric J. Guignard 13:12, 3 November 2020 (EST)

Trick you can use is to use your browser's back button - if you do, you'll need to take care to carefully check, because not everything is preserved when using the back button. That way you don't have to type in everything again. Regards, MagicUnk 14:03, 4 November 2020 (EST)

Ah, got it. I did try that once, and didn't understand why some info had saved and not others, and spent more time trying to check and understand the discrepancy, than if I'd just started over! :) Eric J. Guignard 18:50, 4 November 2020 (EST)

Hi Eric, as explained above, I have not accepted your submission to add the (pub) series title to the publication title of A Pripmer to Kaaron Warren nor for A Primer to Nisi Shawl. Again, while it is not against policy per se, it is against current practice to not add series titles to the publication title. I did accept your addition of titles to the Contents though. Oh, and by the way, importing contents is really easy. Once the new contents is added, you can select 'Import contents' from the left hand menu, and use option 1. Regards, MagicUnk 17:36, 10 November 2020 (EST)

Okay, noted, and thank you!Eric J. Guignard 17:03, 12 November 2020 (EST)

Negative Space

Hi Eric, I've approved your submission to add Negative Space. A tip for the future: when adding a URL from Amazon for the cover image, you may sometimes get a message that the URL is formatted incorrectly. To correct this you can simply discard everything that comes after "L", so it ends "...L.jpg" (Amazon image URLs always end in L). I've made this simple correction for you, and there's also no requirement to add "Cover art supplied by Amazon" to the Note; this already appears under the image. Also, in future please note the several words that we do not capitalized in titles, as detailed in the 5th bullet point under Title in the NewPub help screen here. I've also corrected those few words for you. Thanks. PeteYoung 21:13, 11 November 2020 (EST)

Okay, thank you very much.Eric J. Guignard 17:03, 12 November 2020 (EST)

The Beetle

Hello! I hold your submission for your new entry of The Beetle. Perhaps I'm blind, but where is the difference of your entry and the already present record The Beetle? Regards Rudolf Rudam 08:28, 27 August 2021 (EDT)