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does anyone really think that adding : A Novel to the book title is useful?
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Replying to and seconding this sentiment, expressed in passing in another thread, here where I think it's highly relevant, particularly as I just ran into it this week with Neal Stephenson's*
Snow Crash : A Novel.
Even if you consider that
A Novel is the subtitle and not part of the principal title itself, what use does it serve? It is completely uninteresting and unhelpful. Presumably the reader knows from context clues whether the book is fiction or not. I like to maintain good metadata in my library but this is one subtitle which will get deleted with prejudice.