Frequently Asked Questions
How do I add a book?
First and foremost, search for both the author and the title of the book to avoid creating duplicates.If a Work and an Edition containing it exist, the questions below will help you decide whether to create a new Edition.
Otherwise, here is a step-by-step procedure:
- Find or add a new Author
- On the Author page, click on 'Add Work' to create a Work with a relationship to the Author
- On the Work page, click 'Add Edition' to create an Edition with a relationship to the Work.
- A new Edition Group will be created automatically, but you can select an existing one
- Create a new Publisher if you cannot find an existing one
- To enter another format of the same book (see explanations below), go to the Edition Group and click the 'Add Edition' button. Repeat step 4.
When should I create a new Edition of a Work?
- When it is published in a different format (e.g. paperback and e-book)
- When there are substantial content (textual or editorial) changes
- Translations will both be a new Work and a new Edition for it.
- Add a relationship between the original and the translated Works
- New cover or changed credits/attribution on the cover
- When there's a new ISBN
When should I not create a new Edition of a Work?
- Minimal changes as in proofreading errors
- Minimal changes on the cover
- Reprints of the same Edition. You can mention “Reprint – [date]” in the annotations.
- When the edition uses the same ISBN (with rare exceptions)
When should two Editions be part of the same Edition Group?
Edition Groups exist to group together all the variations of an edition (an identifiable set of works) in a given language. Here are examples of Editions that should be part of the same Edition Group:- Different formats of the same edition (paperback, hardcover and e-book by the same publisher)
- Revised and updated editions
- Reprints
- Editions with different forewords/intros
- Co-editions (same book published in different countries by different publishers)