Anthology books with multiple series

Rellwood · 06-25-2024, 12:01 AM

How do you guys who read fantasy/urban fantasy/PNR or other series deal with the anthology and multiverse books that encompass multiple different series?

One anthology book might have 6 different short stories/novellas in it for classified series in my library. Here is an example,

Supernatural (Lords of Deliverance, #1.5; Demonica, #6.5; Guardians of Eternity, #7.6; Nightwalkers, #1.5; Dragon Kin, #0.4)

Then you have multiple series in a series universe and each book has multiple entries in a "universe".

I had it ok when I created an additional series to cover when I get things like
Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

I can't keep creating multiple "additional series" columns to hold it all.

When it comes to anthologies do you just create a split epub and put each piece in order where it goes for each series?

I have been doing that, but syncing with Goodreads is a pain when the same anthology book is listed under each series individually. If I read an anthology book and want to review the parts for each series, I can't.

If I am lucky then each series will have it's own story already set aside outside the anthology but a lot of them don't. One anthology book will show up in multiple author/series lists.

Karellen · 06-25-2024, 03:04 AM

I thought the question sounded familiar. You've asked this before...
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=346741

DNSB · 06-25-2024, 03:05 AM

But perhaps the answer will be different this time around.

Rellwood · 07-07-2024, 12:55 AM

Yeah, that ADHD keeps me from remembering I asked. Sorry. I guess I thought it was a different thing I was asking. Ripping apart Anthologies is pretty much what I did, but I think my biggest problem is when Goodreads made a single anthology book match up to different series, so syncing is a pain.

JSWolf · 07-07-2024, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rellwood

Yeah, that ADHD keeps me from remembering I asked. Sorry. I guess I thought it was a different thing I was asking. Ripping apart Anthologies is pretty much what I did, but I think my biggest problem is when Goodreads made a single anthology book match up to different series, so syncing is a pain.

Goodreads can be a heck of a mess as it seem the staff allow garbage.

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06-25-2024, 12:01 AM	#1
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,192 Karma: 1900479 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Kobo Aura HD (1) PW3 (4) PW3 2019 new edition (1)	Anthology books with multiple series How do you guys who read fantasy/urban fantasy/PNR or other series deal with the anthology and multiverse books that encompass multiple different series? One anthology book might have 6 different short stories/novellas in it for classified series in my library. Here is an example, Supernatural (Lords of Deliverance, #1.5; Demonica, #6.5; Guardians of Eternity, #7.6; Nightwalkers, #1.5; Dragon Kin, #0.4) Then you have multiple series in a series universe and each book has multiple entries in a "universe". I had it ok when I created an additional series to cover when I get things like Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20) I can't keep creating multiple "additional series" columns to hold it all. When it comes to anthologies do you just create a split epub and put each piece in order where it goes for each series? I have been doing that, but syncing with Goodreads is a pain when the same anthology book is listed under each series individually. If I read an anthology book and want to review the parts for each series, I can't. If I am lucky then each series will have it's own story already set aside outside the anthology but a lot of them don't. One anthology book will show up in multiple author/series lists.

06-25-2024, 03:04 AM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,353 Karma: 6794938 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I thought the question sounded familiar. You've asked this before... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=346741

06-25-2024, 03:05 AM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 40,475 Karma: 156982136 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	But perhaps the answer will be different this time around.

07-07-2024, 12:55 AM	#4
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,192 Karma: 1900479 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Kobo Aura HD (1) PW3 (4) PW3 2019 new edition (1)	Yeah, that ADHD keeps me from remembering I asked. Sorry. I guess I thought it was a different thing I was asking. Ripping apart Anthologies is pretty much what I did, but I think my biggest problem is when Goodreads made a single anthology book match up to different series, so syncing is a pain.