Various editions of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria"
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1Katya0133
https://www.librarything.com/a/8742/Beverly-Daniel-Tatum
Someone has carefully separated out all of the editions of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria" on the basis that some have different epilogues, introductions, discussion questions, etc.
Based on LT guidelines, that's not enough of a reason to separate them, right?
Someone has carefully separated out all of the editions of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria" on the basis that some have different epilogues, introductions, discussion questions, etc.
Based on LT guidelines, that's not enough of a reason to separate them, right?
2SandraArdnas
>1 Katya0133: Correct. There are, however, significant changes among some of those. Quick look at WorldCat records indicates the 2003 edition is 294 pages, whereas the 2017 one is 453, so I doubt it's just discussion questions and more likely the result of 'revised and updated' part.
Separating each publication year seems an overkill, though. And just a different intro, epilogue or addition of discussion questions is not a reason to separate. Minor revisions are not either. The 1997 and 1999 seem clearly the same work to me for instance.
Separating each publication year seems an overkill, though. And just a different intro, epilogue or addition of discussion questions is not a reason to separate. Minor revisions are not either. The 1997 and 1999 seem clearly the same work to me for instance.
3gilroy
The discussion guide that isn't included in the original run would qualify as a different interior text. The first two though, I'm not sure. We'd have to ask the person doing the separating how much the internal changed other than an intro.
4SandraArdnas
>3 gilroy: I have many fiction books with discussion guides at the end and no one ever thought about separating those. There's an entire imprint that always adds them. I'm not sure why non-fiction would be any different. If it's a dozen pages of questions, that does not change the book in a significant enough way. It's an addendum, not the core text.
Someone who knows the editions enough should make a call which ones are significantly different in core text. (Or add so much additional text that it is no longer just addendum, but a major part of the book, but those are normally essays and such)
Someone who knows the editions enough should make a call which ones are significantly different in core text. (Or add so much additional text that it is no longer just addendum, but a major part of the book, but those are normally essays and such)
