View Single Post
Old 07-22-2012, 11:28 PM   #14
charlesatan
Addict
charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.charlesatan ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
charlesatan's Avatar
 
Posts: 230
Karma: 3799024
Join Date: May 2012
Device: iPad
With regards to the fix-up novels (i.e. Ender's Game), you don't count the original publication it was printed in (i.e. a magazine, an anthology), since the point of sale to that is the source (i.e. Asimov's magazine, Eclipse anthology, etc.). Edit: Unless the short story/novella/novelette was sold as a book, which didn't really happen often until now (with the proliferation of eBooks or special editions).

Multiple editions, however, is a valid point, and depending on the source, they tend to be counted as one (although individual best-seller lists like NY times or USA Today will usually just count one version of the same edition [i.e. hardcover] that includes reprints of the same edition [but not one by a different publisher]).

Last edited by charlesatan; 07-23-2012 at 12:34 AM.
charlesatan is offline   Reply With Quote