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== Recent Additions ==
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== Go Quest ==
  
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Thank you! I'm trying to follow the guidelines, and hope I will get better with time.
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5858329; Minor fix to note's C$ price. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 13:03, 13 January 2024 (EST)
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:Approved. Thanks for catching the typo. -- [[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 16:51, 13 January 2024 (EST)
  
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== Riding the Nightmare ==
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:No problem. We don't expect new users to understand everything right away. ISFDB has some conventions that need learning so please check out the help links in the welcome message on your talk page. And please let us know if you have any questions ([[ISFDB:Help desk]] is a good resource for asking). By the way, you can just respond to the posts on your talk page. We like to keep discussions collocated and people will watch a page they posted on for responses. -- [[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 13:13, 1 January 2022 (EST)
 
  
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== Strangest of All ==
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Hi, thanks for verifying my very first edit. However, I've obviously done something wrong. The stories on this collection (except 1) are all on the database already and they appear duplicated now instead of the stories already on the database being linked to the collection.
  
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Not a change to the pub itself, but I've changed the weblink on our verified [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?774527 Strangest of All] to Julie Novakova's site, which still hosts the various formats to the digital pub. The European Astrobiology Institute appears to be [https://europeanastrobiology.eu/onewebmedia/Strangest%20of%20All%20Anthology%20of%20Astrobiological%20SF.pdf no longer hosting it]. Cheers. [[User:PeteYoung|PeteYoung]] 04:16, 10 January 2022 (EST)
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The story "Voices in the Night" first appeared on a 2018 anthology named "Uncertainties, volume III", edited by Lynda E. Rucker which is not on this database. I got the publishing date off Goodreads.
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:Thanks. -- [[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 17:32, 10 January 2022 (EST)
 
  
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== Swfritter's application for self-approver status ==
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The story "The Dragon's Bride" is already on the database, but the version included here is a "revised and expanded version" to novella-length as is stated on the copyright page of the stories in the collection. I don't know if it should be linked to the story here or create a separate listing with a (expanded) credit as I submitted.
  
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When you have a moment, could you please review [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/ISFDB:Moderator_noticeboard#Application_for_self-approval_status Swfritter's application for self-approver status]? TIA! [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] 09:20, 26 January 2022 (EST)
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Thanks a lot. {{unsigned|Delage82}}
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:When you type in the content records of a publication, it will create new title records for each of the contents. When the contents already exist in the database, it is better to use the Import options and import the existing records. When there are duplicates, you can go to the publication record and click the "Check for Duplicate Titles". This will give you a listing of items that match in title, author, and type and allow you to merge them. I have done that for this publication.  
  
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== Friend ==
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:When we have revised / edited works, how we handle them depends on how different the works are. If the changes are minor, we would have one record and add a title note stating that there are revisions for certain versions. When the changes are more extensive, we leave them as separate records and add title notes. I have done that here. We would only include the "(expanded)" if that is how it appeared on the title page which doesn't sound like it.
  
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?17664; I left a message about this book months ago somewhere on these boards and ran across the book again recently; what I believe is that the printings are for Friend while the 1986 date is the first for Deadly Friend because that's when the Wes Craven movie came out with the same title, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Friend, and so the book was retitled to match. --[[User:Username|Username]] 09:34, 5 February 2022 (EST)
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:Let me know if you have any questions on the above. Thanks. -- [[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 17:03, 13 January 2024 (EST)
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:Your submissions have been unrejected & approved. I have added additional notes to provide context. Using the moderator notes in these cases would save a lot of time. -- [[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 10:53, 5 February 2022 (EST)
 
  
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:: Great; also, while I was on Google Books' Deadly Friend page I searched for cover art and there's a credit on the copyright page but it's hidden from view. So if someone knows how to get it or can find a copy online with a photo of that page then the artist can be entered. --[[User:Username|Username]] 11:06, 5 February 2022 (EST)
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== Girl in a Swing Cover Artists ==
  
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== Callander titles ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1503211; I discussed covers on RTrace page recently and I don't think UK HC should be by Murray but instead by Reginald George Haggar. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 19:32, 5 February 2024 (EST)
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:Updates made. Thanks. -- [[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 19:42, 5 February 2024 (EST)
  
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For [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2923 Aquamancer], would you mind if I changed the page count to [8]+289 and add the map title on page [6]?
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== Aesop's Fables ==
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<br>For [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?10931 Dragon Companion], would you mind if I change the page count to [10]+321 and add the map title on page [8]?
 
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<br>For [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?11010 Dragon Rescue], would you mind if I change the page count to [10]+225 and add the map title on page [8]?
 
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<br>Thanks! [[User:Philfreund|Phil]] 10:16, 10 March 2022 (EST)
 
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:I'm fine with that except that Aquamancer should be [10]+289 and Dragon Rescue should be [12]+225. If the unnumbered pages are going to be added, then they all should be included. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 19:57, 10 March 2022 (EST)
 
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::Thanks for the clarification of the unnumbered pages count. I think I've generally been doing it right but the location of the half title page in these two pubs threw me off for some reason. [[User:Philfreund|Phil]] 22:10, 10 March 2022 (EST)
 
  
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== Frankenstein and the Whiz Kid ==
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?185624
  
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?887914; ISBN is 0315039485 on Amazon.com; is that usable? --[[User:Username|Username]] 18:34, 15 March 2022 (EDT)
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hiya mate sorry to hassle you i'm doing the contents of a version of aesops fables that I own that uses the 1912 vernon jones translations. Ive been varianting each fable to the parents that were enetred by RTrace with the perry index number as the series number and with ancient greek as the language but then i clocked that there was a few others apart from mine that werent linked to the series. they're the ones with a second author that youve done some editing on and i thought hang on i better stop and check to see why those ones aren't part of the series before i do any more of mine. cheers from Gaz [[User:Faustus|Faustus]] ([[User talk:Faustus|talk]]) 16:34, 31 March 2024 (EDT)
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:Yes, just add a pub note that source of ISBN is Amazon.com. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 20:41, 15 March 2022 (EDT)
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:If they have two authors, they would be retellings or adaptations and not direct translations of Aesop's originals. You can add them to a series if you want, but I would suggest a subseries (perhaps something like "Aesop's Fables Adaptations"). They would not be varianted to the original works as they are not the same as the originals (i.e. not pure translations). Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 18:33, 31 March 2024 (EDT)
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::i'll leave them alone I just wanted to make sure the ones i was doing are valid. cheers mate - Gaz [[User:Faustus|Faustus]] ([[User talk:Faustus|talk]]) 20:05, 31 March 2024 (EDT)
  
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== Changes to "Baen Fantasy" and "Baen Science Fiction Books" ==
  
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Hello, sorry for not responding to the edits I posted. I have no clue how to use wiki stuff. :-( I'm not even sure if this is going to work?
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A quick note to let you know that publisher records "Baen Fantasy" and "Baen Science Fiction Books" are in the process of being converted to publication series under "Baen Books" as per the outcome of [[Rules_and_standards_discussions#Baen_vs_Baen_Books_publishers_redux|this Rules and Standards discussion]]. This will affect one or more of your primary-verified publications. The only affected fields will be "Publisher" and "Publication Series". [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]] ([[User talk:Ahasuerus|talk]]) 19:33, 4 April 2024 (EDT)
  
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John <small>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Jpirish|Jpirish]] ([[User talk:Jpirish|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jpirish|contribs]]) .</small>
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== Planetstuck ==
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:No problem. We like to keep discussions collocated so if someone makes a post on your talk page, you can just respond to it (click the "edit" link on the same line as the post title). You should also sign your posts by clicking the signature button (the second to the right in the butttons above the edit window) which will insert "<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>" (when saved this will automatically add your signature). --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 08:27, 3 April 2022 (EDT)
 
  
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== Re: All Work and No Play ==
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●  To answer your question on [https://isfdb.org/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:MLB&action=edit&section=361 my message page], yes, it is clearly "<b>Planetstuck</b>".  One word, on both the contents page, and on the title page. [[User:MLB|MLB]] ([[User talk:MLB|talk]]) 22:14, 4 April 2024 (EDT)
  
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Re: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5272061
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== He May Wear My Silence ==
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Hi JLaTondre, thanks for looking over my submission; while I agree that the "novel" itself is not speculative fiction, I've written a rather extensive foreword in the book that I think should qualify which is the main reason I submitted the title here.
 
  
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I'll be happy to start a discussion on the community portal though if you think the decision is best made by a larger consensus.  I'm fairly inexperienced here.  Do I just post it as a question there and let people chime in?
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You misunderstood my question. I did not ask why you listed that imprint, I asked why the ISFDB cannot list publisher imprints on the same page as its publisher, thereby providing a complete and cohesive record of the publisher's work all in one place.
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[[User:Moonshine|Moonshine]] ([[User talk:Moonshine|talk]]) 13:09, 9 April 2024 (EDT)Moonshine
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Thanks. <small>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Thuff2000|Thuff2000]] ([[User talk:Thuff2000|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Thuff2000|contribs]]) .</small>
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:The ISFDB does not currently provide a method to create a hierarchal grouping of a publisher and its imprints (maybe someday it will). At the moment, if someone [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Starship+Sloane+Publishing&type=Publisher searches for Starship Sloane Publishing], they will find both the publisher and imprint listing. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 20:00, 9 April 2024 (EDT)
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:I have gone ahead and made the post for you. See [[ISFDB:Community_Portal#All_Work_and_No_Play|here]]. You are welcome to add additional information or otherwise contribute to the discussion. But yes, it is just a matter of posting a question there and letting people chime in. A couple of wiki items: We like to keep discussions collocated so if someone makes a post on your talk page, you can just respond to it (click the "edit" link on the same line as the post title). You should also sign your posts by clicking the signature button (the second to the right in the butttons above the edit window) which will insert "<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>" (when saved this will automatically add your signature). --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 08:26, 3 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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I've made an edit changing "unknown" to Leon Moran; https://books.google.com/books?id=TCtCAQAAMAAJ. Don't know what that mark over the "e" is, because he was an American. --[[User:Username|Username]] 19:58, 11 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 20:37, 11 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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== Squad D ==
 
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After adding links from that old Netherlands Stephen King page recently I saw "Squad D" was approved by you so I checked WorldCat and saw that my note from last May needed updating because since then a couple of other libraries got copies of Shivers VIII, for a total of 3. However, just as I was about to complete the edit I noticed the Amazon link I provided back then is gone, and that you apparently deleted it some time after my edit was approved. Not that it matters much now because the story is more easily readable (and printable) from that King page, but what was the reason for doing that? Have I forgotten that you let me know you were deleting it or did you never inform me at all? If I'd have known I probably would have searched and found that King page much sooner; I'd hate to think that people paid money to buy that over-priced Shivers book just to read King's story, incorrectly thinking it wasn't available anywhere else, because that claim was widely proclaimed all over the internet. I'm going to just delete my note now because there's no reason for it to be there anymore. --[[User:Username|Username]] 20:05, 20 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Publication specific links belong at the publication level, not the title level. It is also redundant with the Amazon links the s/w creates automatically. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 18:01, 21 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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I added interior art credit in one bulk item to {{P|852355|Slewfoot}} by Brom [[User:Ofearna|Susan O&#39;Fearna]] 00:36, 26 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Not sure how I missed that especially given I added the pub note regarding the interior art. Thanks for catching that. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 19:19, 26 April 2022 (EDT)
 
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For [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?21607 Master and Fool], would it be OK if I make the following changes?
 
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<br>Thanks! [[User:Philfreund|Phil]] 07:51, 12 May 2022 (EDT)
 
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:No objections. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 17:58, 12 May 2022 (EDT)
 
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Before I add the missing issues, any objection to changing the [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?59537 series] name to 'Hexagon' (You are a PV and moderated the first few issues)? [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 09:21, 12 May 2022 (EDT)
 
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:And while you're at it: is [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2767962 this] really a piece of fiction? Christian [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] 11:36, 12 May 2022 (EDT)
 
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::There is already a [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?43418 Hexagon series]. I don't have any objections to simplifying, but it would need to be something different than just Hexagon. I fixed the letter. Thank you for finding that. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 17:56, 12 May 2022 (EDT)
 
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::: I see now. My mistake, I only checked magazines. I should have known there was a reason for the disambiguation. I'll leave it as is. Thanks [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 18:05, 12 May 2022 (EDT)
 
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You didn't verify, but the history for [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?775230 this] indicates you have provided the cover artist as a supposition. Checking the two interior illustrations he is credited with shows them to be the two different covers. So you were right. I've updated the Notes to indicate such. ../[[User:Holmesd|Doug H]] 16:43, 12 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Thanks for finding that. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 17:29, 12 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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Hi! My best guess is that there's a typo in the last word. I don't know if you can still lay a hand on it, but if so: could you check it? Christian [[User:Stonecreek|Stonecreek]] 09:07, 17 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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:I don't remember where that came from. I am comfortable that it was a typo given it has a "n" on the cover. I updated it. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 16:30, 17 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?292220; MLB added cover artist in 2019 to Blood Ruby but misread Gehm as Gehn; covers where signature is visible say Gehm, so it should be that name as the variant, not Gehn: https://hauntedhearts.wordpress.com/category/cover-art-charles-gehm/. --[[User:Username|Username]] 19:37, 21 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Changed Gehn to Gehm. Thanks for pointing that out. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 20:13, 21 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2552496; I replaced Brennan's Candace cover, and noticed her other book's info was confused; I moved Ziel's credit over to the PV copy along with the note about where artist info came from, so non-PV copy is probably unneeded now. PV hasn't responded to anything in 2 years so they're probably not editing anymore. --[[User:Username|Username]] 13:46, 25 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Your edit was accepted and the dupe pub deleted. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 14:17, 25 June 2022 (EDT)
 
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I think this title s/b a novella and the publications changed to chapbooks. I noticed it when approving [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/User:Username Username's] link to an [https://archive.org/details/brownowlfairysto00forduoft/page/n3/mode/2up archive scan]. What do you think? [[User:Scifibones|<b>John</b> <small>Scifibones</small>]] 12:04, 2 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Yes, per the Project Gutenberg transcription, it is 26k words long. I have updated it. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 16:01, 4 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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I saw there were several dozen cleanup report author photos with non-ISFDB friendly links so I replaced a handful until I reached Frank Baker, who had so much missing/wrong info for his books that I got sidetracked fixing those. However, I see you rejected 2 of my photo replacements, Dianna Sanchez and G. Kilworth, so why is there a report for author links that need replacing if the replacements from ISFDB-friendly sites are going to be rejected? EDIT: I just replaced Kilworth photo with one from FantLab that's in color and more recent; Sanchez seems to only have that Amazon photo which was rejected, so she's screwed. --[[User:Username|Username]] 10:37, 10 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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:You didn't provide a moderator note and the moderator screen does not flag the original image as being invalid. As such, had no idea you were working off the clean-up report and not just replacing valid images with new versions as you have done in the past. I unrejected the Sanchez one and approved it. I also approved the new Kilworth one. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 12:10, 10 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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:: I requested on mod board to add a warning if a non-ISFDB photo link is used; we'll see if Mr. A responds. Also, while the Sanchez rejection is now gone from my list the Kilworth remains even though my new picture has been added. That's odd (*EDIT: Ignore this first part, since I realized a few hours later that of course it wouldn't be un-rejected because I used a different photo for the 2nd edit; duh). EDIT: Also, re: Sanchez, her legal name is also on ISFDB with a bunch of stuff, http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?53101, but the middle name is different; however, searching for www.diannasanchez.com and Bushman found this, https://writersrumpus.com/2017/12/05/interview-dreaming-robot-press/, with that photo taken by Mr. Bushman, so I don't know if any of this is related. --[[User:Username|Username]] 12:52, 10 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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I submitted a change for the page count on [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?46001 The Regiment's War] to match the last printed page number. Once approved it will match the LCCN and WorldCat data. [[User:Philfreund|Phil]] 08:10, 31 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Approved. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 09:12, 31 July 2022 (EDT)
 
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Analyzing, it looks like the same art inverted horizontally and with some changes, like colors, I couldn't prove it with reverse image search.[[User:Hyju|Hyju]] ([[User talk:Hyju|talk]]) 20:18, 17 September 2022 (EDT)
 
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:Compare the images at full size: [https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51s68KLvrTL.jpg here] and [https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/d/d4/ASTOCT1939.jpg here]. The goggles are missing, there is only one gun vs two, and the guns are different. Repaintings of old covers are common. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 08:58, 18 September 2022 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1111422; You entered the Archive.org copy, so is it deliberate that the title date is a couple of years earlier than the book date because it was published by somebody earlier, or should it be changed to the same date? Copyright page doesn't say 2008 anywhere, although searching for 2008 in the book hits on p. 362 and an illustration that says "scheduled for 2008", so like many Cemetery Dance books it was probably published much later than scheduled. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 21:59, 29 September 2022 (EDT)
 
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:No reason, must have missed it when editing the pub. I have changed the date. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 08:58, 2 October 2022 (EDT)
 
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Hi. You verified our record of ''Galactic Warlord'' in its 1st ed. P{{p|268160}}. LC record [https://lccn.loc.gov/79-22604 79-22604] notes "A Margaret K. McElderry book" as well as "An Argo book". Supposing that both are named in the book, is their indication of their relation?
 
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We have two publication records as publisher '''An Argo Book / Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum''' beside An Argo Book / Atheneum (75) and Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum (54, of which one as publication series Argo). --[[User:Pwendt|Pwendt]]|[[User talk:Pwendt|talk]] 22:23, 6 October 2022 (EDT)
 
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:The publication title page has "A Margaret K. McElderry Book [over] Atheneum 1980 New York [over] An Argo Book". Copyright page has "(An Argo Book) [over] A Margaret K. McElderry Book" with no mention of Atheneum. Dust jacket spine has "An Argo Book [over] Atheneum". Book spine has only "Atheneum". Dust jacket flap has only "An Argo Book". --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 20:16, 7 October 2022 (EDT)
 
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:: Six weeks later, same work, same jacket flap! Will you double check that flap for spelling of the artist name: Steven Marchesi rather than our prolific {{a|Stephen Marchesi}}?
 
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:: If it is 'Steven' with a 'v' then I believe we need make variant and alt-name. Circumstantial evidence is strong. We have a Stephen Marchesi cover in the same fiction series; same publseries/imprint. Indeed, it's the one I mentioned last month above --"(54, of which one as publication series Argo)"-- namely, ''Young Legionary'' T{{t|1619033}}.
 
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:: Now I have at hand Library of Congress notice that 'steven' and 'steve' have been observed. [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5486363 submission 5486363]
 
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:: Possibly the other webpage that I newly submit for Marchesi will interest you substantially --an interview with a collector of his original cover art; featuring illustrator, or cover artist, work with editors and publishers around 1980. [quote in small part] ''STS:  Up until a couple of years ago I had always assumed that a publisher bought or owned the art/illustrations that were used in books but obviously this is not the case. SM: Actually you would have been correct if this were the 1950's or even the 60's. ...''
 
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:::Steven Marchesi is the credit on the dust jacket flap. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 18:25, 13 November 2022 (EST)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?409543; Recent Archive.org upload, I just added a link, you PV many years ago, there are different months/days for the title, book, and cover art/interior art/introduction, so if you can find out exactly when it was published they can all be made the same date. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 19:45, 14 October 2022 (EDT)
 
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:I approved your edit & tidied up the dates. Thanks. --&nbsp;[[User:JLaTondre|JLaTondre]] ([[User talk:JLaTondre#top|talk]]) 07:11, 15 October 2022 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?27794; I've been editing for DAW Fantastic anthologies and most of them only need Archive links and minor date fixes and such, but this one's reprint edition wasn't 256 pages but 308 like the original; I fixed that and added the Roman numerals, so you may want to do that for your PV, too. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 10:41, 28 October 2022 (EDT)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pub_history.cgi?305261; It took nearly 20 days for my edit to be approved and in the meantime, by coincidence, a self-mod made an edit. It's been so long I can't remember exactly what I did so if you can look it over and decide if my edit you approved today messed with anything the other person did; since there seem to be 2 separate interior art credits now. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 16:34, 6 November 2022 (EST)
 
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My copy of [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?311911 Is Anybody Out There?] has a number line 1—8, not 1—9. Yours? --[[User:GlennMcG|Glenn]] ([[User talk:GlennMcG|talk]]) 15:55, 12 November 2022 (EST)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?234365; I saw you just approved my edit, and I wanted to mention that Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" has no The in this book (or edition, don't know about the other edition), and I was going to remove it and enter shorter title and shorter author name, but ISFDB saying shorter title appears in The Ghouls with longer name is wrong, at least in the 2 Archive.org Stein and Day editions, as it's the shorter name there, too. There are many other editions, so maybe in some of them they used the longer name. Just drawing your attention to this. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 15:13, 18 November 2022 (EST)
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?319916; You made some edits after I did, but there's no "Broadway" in the book as far as I can see, and I don't think it's a series because it says Broadview Editions in many/all of their books but nobody ever entered that as a pub. series here. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 09:51, 20 November 2022 (EST)
 
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:Hi. Please, if you have time, to approve [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5493926 this submission] (5493926). It's a lot of work. Many thanks. --[[User:Terraflorin|Florin]] ([[User talk:Terraflorin|talk]]) 02:20, 24 November 2022 (EST)
 
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Here [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5500511 ImportExport 5500511] I follow up last fortnight's New Publication Submission [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5495107] which you approved. Anticipated import of the Introduction is not appropriate; the unusually titled essay[*] in the database needs to be a variant. I think it's appropriate to import all paginated contents from 1973 pp. vii to 626 because 1968 page count vii+626 and other evidence show that the 1973 is identical to the 1968 through page 626 (except COLLECTION and ESSAY title changes). 
 
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https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?19584; I added LCCN ID in a pending edit; title probably doesn't need subtitle (SF volume by Brunner doesn't have any) and a couple of essays have October instead of November as the month. --[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]]) 21:45, 6 December 2022 (EST)
 
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Go Quest

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/view_submission.cgi?5858329; Minor fix to note's C$ price. --Username (talk) 13:03, 13 January 2024 (EST)

Approved. Thanks for catching the typo. -- JLaTondre (talk) 16:51, 13 January 2024 (EST)

Riding the Nightmare

Hi, thanks for verifying my very first edit. However, I've obviously done something wrong. The stories on this collection (except 1) are all on the database already and they appear duplicated now instead of the stories already on the database being linked to the collection.

The story "Voices in the Night" first appeared on a 2018 anthology named "Uncertainties, volume III", edited by Lynda E. Rucker which is not on this database. I got the publishing date off Goodreads.

The story "The Dragon's Bride" is already on the database, but the version included here is a "revised and expanded version" to novella-length as is stated on the copyright page of the stories in the collection. I don't know if it should be linked to the story here or create a separate listing with a (expanded) credit as I submitted.

Thanks a lot. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Delage82 (talk • contribs) .

When you type in the content records of a publication, it will create new title records for each of the contents. When the contents already exist in the database, it is better to use the Import options and import the existing records. When there are duplicates, you can go to the publication record and click the "Check for Duplicate Titles". This will give you a listing of items that match in title, author, and type and allow you to merge them. I have done that for this publication.
When we have revised / edited works, how we handle them depends on how different the works are. If the changes are minor, we would have one record and add a title note stating that there are revisions for certain versions. When the changes are more extensive, we leave them as separate records and add title notes. I have done that here. We would only include the "(expanded)" if that is how it appeared on the title page which doesn't sound like it.
Let me know if you have any questions on the above. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 17:03, 13 January 2024 (EST)

Girl in a Swing Cover Artists

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1503211; I discussed covers on RTrace page recently and I don't think UK HC should be by Murray but instead by Reginald George Haggar. --Username (talk) 19:32, 5 February 2024 (EST)

Updates made. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 19:42, 5 February 2024 (EST)

Aesop's Fables

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?185624

hiya mate sorry to hassle you i'm doing the contents of a version of aesops fables that I own that uses the 1912 vernon jones translations. Ive been varianting each fable to the parents that were enetred by RTrace with the perry index number as the series number and with ancient greek as the language but then i clocked that there was a few others apart from mine that werent linked to the series. they're the ones with a second author that youve done some editing on and i thought hang on i better stop and check to see why those ones aren't part of the series before i do any more of mine. cheers from Gaz Faustus (talk) 16:34, 31 March 2024 (EDT)

If they have two authors, they would be retellings or adaptations and not direct translations of Aesop's originals. You can add them to a series if you want, but I would suggest a subseries (perhaps something like "Aesop's Fables Adaptations"). They would not be varianted to the original works as they are not the same as the originals (i.e. not pure translations). Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:33, 31 March 2024 (EDT)
i'll leave them alone I just wanted to make sure the ones i was doing are valid. cheers mate - Gaz Faustus (talk) 20:05, 31 March 2024 (EDT)

Changes to "Baen Fantasy" and "Baen Science Fiction Books"

A quick note to let you know that publisher records "Baen Fantasy" and "Baen Science Fiction Books" are in the process of being converted to publication series under "Baen Books" as per the outcome of this Rules and Standards discussion. This will affect one or more of your primary-verified publications. The only affected fields will be "Publisher" and "Publication Series". Ahasuerus (talk) 19:33, 4 April 2024 (EDT)

Planetstuck

● To answer your question on my message page, yes, it is clearly "Planetstuck". One word, on both the contents page, and on the title page. MLB (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2024 (EDT)

He May Wear My Silence

You misunderstood my question. I did not ask why you listed that imprint, I asked why the ISFDB cannot list publisher imprints on the same page as its publisher, thereby providing a complete and cohesive record of the publisher's work all in one place. Moonshine (talk) 13:09, 9 April 2024 (EDT)Moonshine

The ISFDB does not currently provide a method to create a hierarchal grouping of a publisher and its imprints (maybe someday it will). At the moment, if someone searches for Starship Sloane Publishing, they will find both the publisher and imprint listing. -- JLaTondre (talk) 20:00, 9 April 2024 (EDT)
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