User talk:MonsterKidRadio

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Hello. First of all, welcome to the ISFDB! I have your submission on hold as I have a few questions.

You have submitted this publication as an ANTHOLOGY. However, a collection of stories by a single author is recorded as just that, a COLLECTION :) But I have a question concerning the stories. Are these really stories, or rather, are they as chapters in a novel? I.e. are these part of a larger story arc spanning these different chapters/stories? If the latter, the pub should be recorded as a NOVEL.

In addition, there are a few errors that will need to be corrected once your submission is accepted:

• The date you've entered is the publication date for the ebook, not the paperback (according to Amazon the pub date of the paperback would have to be 2019-04-08 - unless you happen to have a more reliable source that dates the paperback at 2019-03-22?)
• Format: pb is only used for 4.25 by 7" / 11 by 18 cm or smaller paperbacks. tp is used for anything that's larger
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• Price: always preceded with a currency symbol. Here, price would read $6.00
• Date and price: I'm guessing you did get that from Amazon.com. If that's the case, do make sure to record that fact in the Notes field (eg. 'Date and price from Amazon.com as of 2020-08-31') That way it is clear for everyone that the info came not from the pub itself, but from Amazon (or publisher's website, or...)
• Amazon image URL's: some Amazon URL's have formatting (looks something like _SX331_BO1..._) which makes it an invalid URL. So that need to be stripped from the URL when copying over.

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Thanks for helping me out here! The book is, in fact, a collection. It is a collection of short stories. And you're correct about the paperback publication date being 2019-04-08. This would be a tp. The 13-digit ISBN would be 978-1091334601. The price is $6.00. The date and price did come from Amazon. And will this work for an image URL?

Thanks again! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by talk:MonsterKidRadio (talk • contribs) .

Hello, I have accepted your submission, and made the following changes:

• Updated the publication date, publication type (from ANTHOLOGY to COLLECTION) ISBN, price (added currency symbol), image URL and format per your feedback
• Added a note that the data came from Amazon.com

The result is here.

As for the image URL, yes, that's the correct way to update it :)

And When replying to a message on our wiki, best to indent your reply by using one or more colons (':'), and sign with four tildes ('~~~~'). Again, thank you for contributing to the ISFDB! Regards, MagicUnk 06:27, 21 September 2020 (EDT)

Your title date updates

Hello. I have this and this submission on hold. Have these two titles been published elsewhere with the earlier dates? If so, it's a good idea to also submit these earlier pubs for inclusion into the ISFDB. Thanks! Regards, MagicUnk 11:11, 27 September 2020 (EDT)

Without an answer for over two months, and in lack of an unambiguous source for the dates, I have rejected both submissions. If you would read this, and you think I shouldn't have rejected them, post here or over at the Community portal to notify a moderator that you wish them to be resurrected, provided you can provide a source for the dates, ofc. Regards, MagicUnk 14:21, 2 December 2020 (EST)