Post by account_disabled on Dec 28, 2023 4:52:39 GMT
In 2013 Lorenzo Manara self-published the novel Il Ritornante . Last October 29th Paola Barbato published a novel with the same title, published by Il Battello a vapore, an editorial brand of Edizioni Piemme. What is a returnee ? He is a legendary figure of Western folklore: a corpse returned to life. Although, at this point, it is legitimate to title a novel Il Ritornante (as well as The Vampire , The Witch , The Magician , etc.) – and also likely to find a book with that title – however from a publishing house like Piemme – which will not be the largest, but it is certainly not small - I would have expected a minimum of checks to avoid running into a title already present.
How does Amazon react in this case? You can see it in the screenshot below: Same book titles He gave precedence to Piemme's book. Maybe because it's more recent? I don't know, I honestly don't understand how Amazon decides, based on user searches, which book to show first. Maybe the number of reviews matters, maybe the price, maybe the Special Data name of the author or the publishing house. We can certainly say that, if someone searches for that title, they find Piemme's novel first, when perhaps they wanted to read the other one. How to find out if your book title has already been used Of the novels I would like to write, I was 100% sure that there were no duplicates in the titles, but I had to change my mind: PU (science fiction): I have yet to find the title, to be honest, but it will be a phrase, so less likely to have been used (but I'll double check).
Unfortunately there are 3 books with this title (one of which by a famous author!). I'll have to change it and this has put me in crisis. K (fantasy): invented word, there are no other books with this title. IC (fantasy): same as above. M (fantasy): the title is a sentence, even a little elaborate. There are no other books with this title. IVDA (science fiction): same as above. DBR (humorous detective story): there is a similar title, so it's okay (also because the novel is a sort of parody). How to find out if the title we have chosen for our book already exists on the publishing market? Do we just search on Google? No, it's better to do some targeted research: Google books Amazon books Goodreads They are the 3 largest “archives” of books. So search, possibly before writing the book, not after you have published it.
How does Amazon react in this case? You can see it in the screenshot below: Same book titles He gave precedence to Piemme's book. Maybe because it's more recent? I don't know, I honestly don't understand how Amazon decides, based on user searches, which book to show first. Maybe the number of reviews matters, maybe the price, maybe the Special Data name of the author or the publishing house. We can certainly say that, if someone searches for that title, they find Piemme's novel first, when perhaps they wanted to read the other one. How to find out if your book title has already been used Of the novels I would like to write, I was 100% sure that there were no duplicates in the titles, but I had to change my mind: PU (science fiction): I have yet to find the title, to be honest, but it will be a phrase, so less likely to have been used (but I'll double check).
Unfortunately there are 3 books with this title (one of which by a famous author!). I'll have to change it and this has put me in crisis. K (fantasy): invented word, there are no other books with this title. IC (fantasy): same as above. M (fantasy): the title is a sentence, even a little elaborate. There are no other books with this title. IVDA (science fiction): same as above. DBR (humorous detective story): there is a similar title, so it's okay (also because the novel is a sort of parody). How to find out if the title we have chosen for our book already exists on the publishing market? Do we just search on Google? No, it's better to do some targeted research: Google books Amazon books Goodreads They are the 3 largest “archives” of books. So search, possibly before writing the book, not after you have published it.