Thread: [iOS] Number 0 in a series
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Old 12-03-2016, 11:07 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Steve_Haley View Post
Hehe, lots of people use book 0 it seems. It does make sense, thinking about it some more. Until I have a chance to implement a fix, a workaround for now would be to change any "Book 0"s into "Book zero-point-something". It will display the series number, with two decimal points for non-whole numbers, for any value greater than 0.

Thinking of which... does anyone use negative series numbers? Those currently wouldn't display either.
Book 0 is incorrect. It's either a decimal number if it's a novella or short story and a positive whole number if it's a novel or short story collection. There is no 0 and there are no negative numbers.

If an author writes a book that's a prequel and you want to put the series in chronological order, the number may just have to be changed to fit it in. Using 0 is wrong because you cannot have a book 0 because a book 0 would be no book at all.
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