Feature request: Ability to put a book in a series without an index number

lunixer · 08-29-2011, 10:23 AM

Sometimes I have books that belong with a series, but are not at a specific place in that series, or they are tangentially related, eg same world, same conflict, but completely different characters. It would be nice to be able to put a book in a series without an index to allow for these books. Or another feature that allows for these books if you can think of a better one.

HarryT · 08-29-2011, 10:41 AM

I tend to number such books "0" in the series, to indicate that they aren't a proper part of it.

lunixer · 08-29-2011, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I tend to number such books "0" in the series, to indicate that they aren't a proper part of it.

I've been doing that, but it screws things up when you sort by series, especially if the books take place chronologically after the series.

HarryT · 08-29-2011, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lunixer

I've been doing that, but it screws things up when you sort by series, especially if the books take place chronologically after the series.

Could you not number such books from, say, 1000, in that case?

lunixer · 08-29-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Could you not number such books from, say, 1000, in that case?

Yeah, I guess so. It would be ugly, but I guess it'll work. Thanks! Don't know why I didn't think of that

HarryT · 08-29-2011, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lunixer

Yeah, I guess so. It would be ugly, but I guess it'll work. Thanks! Don't know why I didn't think of that

Sometimes the most obvious things take someone else to point them out

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Starson17 · 08-29-2011, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lunixer

It would be nice to be able to put a book in a series without an index to allow for these books. Or another feature that allows for these books if you can think of a better one.

Even if you don't give it an index number, it has to sort somewhere. You've already been given the two most common suggestions of zero to sort at the beginning and 1000 to sort at the end. The other option is to give them a new series name, but very similar to the original series, such as

"Series" for the original series
and
"Series - Additional Books" for the related books

This new series will all sort after all the books in the first series.
You can assign indices in this new series for however you want them sorted within the new series.

08-29-2011, 10:23 AM	#1
lunixer Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 928 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Feature request: Ability to put a book in a series without an index number Sometimes I have books that belong with a series, but are not at a specific place in that series, or they are tangentially related, eg same world, same conflict, but completely different characters. It would be nice to be able to put a book in a series without an index to allow for these books. Or another feature that allows for these books if you can think of a better one.

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08-29-2011, 10:41 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I tend to number such books "0" in the series, to indicate that they aren't a proper part of it.

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