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| 11th Nov 2017, 10:21 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | ppint. ● Member since Aug 2012 6393 Points | hi; there're a couple of publishing categories definitely needed, as no combination of any two or three of the others will serve; and these will combine with a number of the existing categories to cover quite a range not currently catered for: i. which-way multi-pathed adventures - will combine with most forms of category fiction, and though i've not actually met any which way/choose your own way westerns, i believe these exist, too. ii. erotica - will combine with fiction of most kinds, also poetry, art, sculpture, photography. . . iii. role-playing games rulebooks, sourcebooks & adventures - there's an enormous spectrum of role-playing games from dungeons & dragons and tunnels & trolls, through traveller, call of cthulhu, middle-earth rpg, rifts, various superhero settings, cartoon worlds, wars historical, future and other, etc. - all of which are printed, bound (in various ways, including hardcovers & paperbacks), given cat#s and isbns - they're books, but we don't have any category or category mix as fits them. iv. westerns. - nowhere near as widespread as they once were, there're nevertheless thousands of these languishing(!) unrecognised by "bookcat". . . Edited by ppint. on 14th Nov 2017, 9:14 AM |
| 13th Nov 2017, 8:14 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | Orbiting Cat Member since Jan 2008 1181 Points Administrator | We're trying to limit the "genre" options to a small number of broad genres. More specific genres can be done by using the Class Number system on Book World (similar to Dewey Decimal). http://www.45worlds.com/book/bk_record_add_guide.php |
| 14th Nov 2017, 9:13 AM | #3 REPORT | |
| ppint. ● Member since Aug 2012 6393 Points | all hail, o semi-mythical divine being! yes, that's why i took the time to think through and limit the number of suggested categories - there's elsewise too many possibilities, including ones like "film novelization", "tv novelization" and even "play/drama novelization", and diito "spin-off"s: but many of these are really sub-divisions of existing categories, and can perfectly adequately be indicated by use of series' tags where they proliferate, such as doctor who, star trek & similar spin-off original novels. i believe three of the four i've suggested are not sub-divisions of existing bookcat "genres", however, and all four, including "westerns", to be ones that would be both broad enough to be useful and define & categorise areas of interest, or mark off areas that do not interest, bookcat users and browsers. |
| 14th Nov 2017, 2:22 PM | #4 REPORT | |
| Orbiting Cat Member since Jan 2008 1181 Points Administrator | The way we are doing book genres is to imagine it like sections in a book shop. A small number of very broad categories to browse by. Then the Class Number (Dewey Decimal) system is there for people who prefer to browse as if in a library. |
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