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1Nicole_VanK
Oct 1, 2010, 12:10 pm

I know this has been discussed before, but I can't find the thread. The inability to use the + sign in titles has struck again: The title of http://www.librarything.com/work/6765363/book/38764193 should read: "Alice in Wonderland + Through the looking glass + The hunting of the Snark (Norton Critical Editions)" - plus square brackets which I now avoid because they might lead to a touchstone. Of course I could easily change my title a bit, but leaving it as is for now.

2timspalding
Oct 3, 2010, 3:29 am

So, I get the bug, but is it really right to use canonical name to include pluses? I doubt any actual book had that title.

3Nicole_VanK
Oct 3, 2010, 3:40 am

but is it really right to use canonical name to include pluses

Usually not (Except for books that include something like "C++" in the title). But I didn't do that. Did I? Don't think so.

That's simply the way I've put the title in my catalog, with the rest in square brackets because I think it's relevant but it doesn't actually show on the title page. And it's no longer showing either in my catalog or on the work page.

4timspalding
Sep 26, 2012, 9:21 pm

Not currently a bug. And I was able to use + in my titles here.

http://www.librarything.com/work/3478304/book/89131423