Andrew d’Entremont

This is when it would be really handy to be able to tag multiple publishers in the Publisher field when you're creating a new title. This isn't an issue that is unique to books either. I suppose using the "Overall Title" field would come in handy in this case. Maybe create a new title Called "The Destroyer Novels (Pinnacle/Signet/Gold Eagle)" with "The Destroyer" as the overall title?

I'm getting ready to enter my run of "The Destroyer" novels, but the publisher switches mid-run. Can you enter two Publishers for a book series like this (i.e. Pinnacle/Signet) , or should make two separate entries for each publisher?

Thanks. I suspected this was the case, but it's good to have confirmation. It's too bad the categories aren't enough to differentiate between titles. I have to admit it bugs me a when I have to modify a title like this. I know it shouldn't, but I get a little OCD when it comes to managing my collection.

There is a comic book adaptation of The Eye of the World already in ComicBase, and I'm trying to enter my HC novel of the same name into inventory. Do I need to change the name of the title in order for it to be accepted? Does CB not differentiate between the "Books" and "Comic Books" categories?

Thanks!

I've been adding a lot of Fantasy book series into CB and have noticed that when I click on the "Overall Title Name" it doesn't display the cover image when it pulls up all the related novels. I thought it might be an issue with setting which columns to view but when I went into "Setup-->Columns To View..." I couldn't find a field that fit the bill. Just to make sure I wasn't overlooking something I ran search on an artist and when the results were displayed it showed all the cover images. I checked "Setup-->Columns To View..." when I was viewing the results but I didn't see any field that would correspond to viewing the cover image. Am I missing something? How can I see covers when I click on the "Overall Title Name" for books?

I find it a bit frustrating too. Especially with so many titles being moved over to to the magazine category and the mobile app now unable to look them up.

I feel like if you have enough knowledge to create a new title then chances are you’ll be able to enter an accurate description. It would be nice if you could include the description when submitting a brand new title.

So, just to be clear, even it it's a brand new title that has been created, the description does not get sent as part of the submission process? With regards to emailing the description, what format would you like the email to come in? Would you like a specific subject line for easier identification? Thanks.

I have been slowly adding all my hardcover books into inventory, and as of the latest content update it seems like all the titles now exist in CB as well. Many of the books I've added did not exist in CB so I have been creating quite a few new titles and submitting them along with high-res cover scans, and while some of the cover scans appear in my collection report, most of them do not. I'm just wondering what the delay in adding the covers is if the new titles I am submitting are accepted. And along those same lines, when I submit new book titles I try to include a description from a source like Good Reads or from the publisher, but I am not sure if these descriptions are making the final cut. Do title descriptions need to be submitted by email, or are the accepted if you're submitting a brand new title?

Well that's kind of the answer I was expecting. What was the reasoning for saying no?

I think we need to have "Science Fiction Book Club" as an option under the Edition drop-down when entering books. I have many of these editions, and while they are indeed hardcovers, they are substantially smaller than a normal hardcover you might buy at a bookstore. Here's an example of what I am talking about. Both of the books pictured below are hardcovers in the same series. The smaller one is from the Science Fiction Book Club, and the other was purchased at a book store, and they look quite different when sitting side-by-side on my bookshelf. The SF Book Club edition is not only shorter, but it sits deeper on the shelf than the regular hard cover. I think having a distinction is important, especially if people are going to be selling books on Atomic Avenue. I know I would be very annoyed if I bought a book and it wasn't the same dimensions as the rest of the hardcovers sitting on my bookshelf. This whole issue was brought to my attention as I started entering all of my David Eddings hardcovers into inventory. Many of the existing entries in ComicBase have "Science Fiction Book Club Edition" in the item description. The ISBN is the same, but I know for a fact that the books I am entering are not from the Science Fiction Book Club and I'd really like to be able to make that distinction. Here is a specific Example: The above book is not from the Science Fiction book club, but deleting the information from the item description won't do any good because I know that's a field ComicBase controls and my change will just get thrown out. I also don't think it should be a variant since this book is the real deal. Anyway, I hope I've made it clear why I think we need this change. Does anyone agree with me?

Here's an example of what I was talking about. The title isn't mature, but it has a variant cover which has mature content. I don't want to exclude the title or cover from my database, but at the same time I don't really want my kids walking in on a screensaver with this kind of content. Being able to mark a specific cover as mature so that it isn't used by the screensaver would be a great feature.

I guess I was thinking that the hardcover would be its own thing, but now that I think about it that doesn't really make sense. Thanks for checking for me.

Thanks. It’s The Elf Queen of Shannara (HC).

Well, that trick doesn't seem to be working anymore. I'm trying to enter the hardcover version of a book and after hitting the spacebar followed by a backspace it just takes me back to the paperback edition. Maybe something changed with the latest version? I'm running v23.0.0.1790

Will do. And thanks!

I'm still seeing a lot of questionable covers being displayed even though I have excluded mature titles. I think the problem is that some titles which are not considered mature often have some pretty racy variant covers. How hard would it be to enable a feature to mark a specific cover as mature? Like a little little checkbox.

With regards to your first point, do you mean you'd like the ability to scan a barcode to do an item lookup? I'll admit it would be very handy to be able to jump to a specific issue to see how many copies you have and in what condition. The only way to do this now is to do an item lookup by series and then scroll though the list to see what you have.

Good info to have. I'll hold off too.

I had actually considered creating a separate title because of the changes to content and Publisher, so that's what I'll go ahead and do. Thanks for the speedy response and thorough research! And just out of curiosity, where did you pull your information from? Your source might save us both some time in future situations like this.

Thanks. Should Author names also not include periods when there is an initial involved?

The title is Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist. The first edition was published in August of 1989 by Doubleday and has 293 pages. The 15th anniversary edition was published by Bantam in July of 2004 and has 353 pages.

Also of note for this particular book is that the actual content is a bit different as it has been revised and updated with the page count being higher. I'm just wondering if it would be more accurate to refer to it as a variant. I'll go with whatever the consensus is, I just want to make sure I'm doing it right moving forward.

Sounds good. Should a note be included that the Publisher is different?