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emellaich · 06-12-2009, 02:56 PM

I think this is an enhancement request, and if appropriate I will open a ticket on it, but I thought I would check here first.

Regarding Series Numbers:

I am aware of the new (0.6) ability of series numbers like x.xx, and that will help with some of my issues. I also have a problem when publishers produce omnibus editions. In some series I might have

Books 1-3 in a single omnibus book
books 4,5 in individual books

and so on. It can get especially complicated with Baen where I get monthly book bundles. I may end up with 1,4,5 as individual books and 2-3 combined in a single omnibus edition.

So I would like to specify a series as a range such as 2-5. This indicates that this single book contains books two through five.

I can use the decimal notation to mimic this: 2.5 to mean books two through five and 2.05 to mean a filler book (short stories) after book two. However, I would like a cleaner approach with a designation for a series range separate from the series sub-books.

06-12-2009, 02:56 PM	#1
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	Enhancement Request? I think this is an enhancement request, and if appropriate I will open a ticket on it, but I thought I would check here first. Regarding Series Numbers: I am aware of the new (0.6) ability of series numbers like x.xx, and that will help with some of my issues. I also have a problem when publishers produce omnibus editions. In some series I might have Books 1-3 in a single omnibus book books 4,5 in individual books and so on. It can get especially complicated with Baen where I get monthly book bundles. I may end up with 1,4,5 as individual books and 2-3 combined in a single omnibus edition. So I would like to specify a series as a range such as 2-5. This indicates that this single book contains books two through five. I can use the decimal notation to mimic this: 2.5 to mean books two through five and 2.05 to mean a filler book (short stories) after book two. However, I would like a cleaner approach with a designation for a series range separate from the series sub-books.