A CK Field to List Work or Edition Contents
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1jasbro
"The Vintage edition is a revised version of the Picador edition, and has 21 stories to the others 36. Is there any reason I shouldnt separate them & leave disambiguation notices? Cheers." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5796175
"I'd vote for separate & disambiguate, but then I do that kind of thing myself ... . Maybe consider adding contents?" http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5800386
"Thanks. I had gone on to do exactly that, though as I know contents of one edition only don't think I'll bother with them. But should I want to list contents of a book in future, how would I go about it? Very occasionally that might be a helpful thing to have on the page. Cheers." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5802265
"I'm not aware of any really reliable way to verify contents apart from looking at an actual copy of the Work. WorldCat.com often lists contents, but we have to be sure the WorldCat record is in fact for the LibraryThing Work we're dealing with (they're not always). Amazon's "Look Inside" feature, and Google Books also can sometimes give images of contents, or confirm that a specific edition (again, not necessarily the one we're looking for) does or doesn't contain something in particular. It can be a puzzle, and puzzling sometimes. I'm interested to know if there are other resources that Combiners find useful on this point. Thanks to you all!" http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5803551
"Oh, sorry, I thought you'd meant that there was a special place for table of contents on CK for a book. / As for finding them, academic publishers will often have an option to view contents page for a book. Fiction anthologies, I dunno but I bless the occasional amazon customer who lists them in a review." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5803647
"Early on, I put a few lists of contents directly in the Disambiguation Notice field, then decided that Book Description is likely the more suitable place. Since then, I've tried to direct attention from DN to BD when I have something to offer and it seems warranted. As ever, I welcome feedback or correction if I'm wrong. Thanks!" http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5805121
"I've been known to post story titles in the Book Description box for anthologies. It'd be a nice feature added if there was a spot specifically for this, and for posting online edition links." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5806066
"I'd vote for separate & disambiguate, but then I do that kind of thing myself ... . Maybe consider adding contents?" http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5800386
"Thanks. I had gone on to do exactly that, though as I know contents of one edition only don't think I'll bother with them. But should I want to list contents of a book in future, how would I go about it? Very occasionally that might be a helpful thing to have on the page. Cheers." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5802265
"I'm not aware of any really reliable way to verify contents apart from looking at an actual copy of the Work. WorldCat.com often lists contents, but we have to be sure the WorldCat record is in fact for the LibraryThing Work we're dealing with (they're not always). Amazon's "Look Inside" feature, and Google Books also can sometimes give images of contents, or confirm that a specific edition (again, not necessarily the one we're looking for) does or doesn't contain something in particular. It can be a puzzle, and puzzling sometimes. I'm interested to know if there are other resources that Combiners find useful on this point. Thanks to you all!" http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5803551
"Oh, sorry, I thought you'd meant that there was a special place for table of contents on CK for a book. / As for finding them, academic publishers will often have an option to view contents page for a book. Fiction anthologies, I dunno but I bless the occasional amazon customer who lists them in a review." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5803647
"Early on, I put a few lists of contents directly in the Disambiguation Notice field, then decided that Book Description is likely the more suitable place. Since then, I've tried to direct attention from DN to BD when I have something to offer and it seems warranted. As ever, I welcome feedback or correction if I'm wrong. Thanks!" http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5805121
"I've been known to post story titles in the Book Description box for anthologies. It'd be a nice feature added if there was a spot specifically for this, and for posting online edition links." http://www.librarything.com/topic/239156#5806066
2gilroy
Wouldn't it be better for them to just complete the Edition layer they'd discussed like ... years ago?
3jasbro
>2 gilroy: This might be a good part or consequence of that larger effort, but I haven't heard much about the Edition layer recently. Have you?
4gilroy
>3 jasbro: I haven't but I figured making a mention of it MIGHT jog a memory or two
5AnnaClaire
I've been wondering about the Editions layer a little lately, but honestly I don't hold out much hope anymore.
Perhaps we should call it the yeti layer or something.
Perhaps we should call it the yeti layer or something.
6bernsad
I saw an editions layer once. It was huge! At least 8ft tall and shaggy. It was loping along and when it saw me it disappeared into the treeline. I've got a photo but it's pretty blurry.
