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MerlinMama · 04-30-2016, 11:05 AM

I think I'm complicating my life, but figured I'll ask my question in case there's an obvious answer. I know I could probably just renumber the series, and change all the covers, but if I don't have to I'd rather not.

I have a series of 34 books. A few of the books in this series are very small (<1000 words) and are basically the same story from a different viewpoint. I figured I might like to merge them, so for these types I'm not constantly closing and opening new. Then I have another 15 series like this to work through, all between 10 and 40 books each. A big pain!!

So: Book #1 & #2 of Series Introduction would merge. Is it...safe? advisable?…to NOT have a book with #2 in the series? If I have multiple skipped numbers, will it or can it cause problems for the database at some point?

Side question that I'm pretty sure the answer is no: Is there a way for both #1 and #2 to show up in series field for the new merged file?

04-30-2016, 11:05 AM	#1
MerlinMama Evangelist Posts: 498 Karma: 32554 Join Date: May 2014 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Sage	Series numbering/skipping I think I'm complicating my life, but figured I'll ask my question in case there's an obvious answer. I know I could probably just renumber the series, and change all the covers, but if I don't have to I'd rather not. I have a series of 34 books. A few of the books in this series are very small (<1000 words) and are basically the same story from a different viewpoint. I figured I might like to merge them, so for these types I'm not constantly closing and opening new. Then I have another 15 series like this to work through, all between 10 and 40 books each. A big pain!! So: Book #1 & #2 of Series Introduction would merge. Is it...safe? advisable?…to NOT have a book with #2 in the series? If I have multiple skipped numbers, will it or can it cause problems for the database at some point? Side question that I'm pretty sure the answer is no: Is there a way for both #1 and #2 to show up in series field for the new merged file?