Same Books, Retitled, Different series?

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Same Books, Retitled, Different series?

1gilroy
Abr 19, 2023, 8:52 am

Can someone help me out here and tell me if I'm losing my mind?

https://www.librarything.com/nseries/153966/J-Ts-Bar
https://www.librarything.com/nseries/347134/J-Ts-Bar-retitled

As near as I can tell, these two series are the same set of books, the author just rereleased the set under a different title.
The books should be combined and so should the series, right?

2Nicole_VanK
Abr 19, 2023, 9:51 am

>1 gilroy: If so, yes - I would agree. I'm not familiar with the author though.

3scott_beeler
Abr 19, 2023, 11:37 am

The author's homepage doesn't say so explicitly but it certainly looks like they're the same (and should be combined) to me.

A couple pieces of evidence:
The first book actually does say "previously published as..." on Amazon -- and inside Librarything that one is already merged.
https://www.amazon.com/His-Shield-Second-Chance-Romance-ebook/dp/B01N99W6N4

The second book does not, but the description and cover are exactly the same (except for the title).
https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Chef-J-Ts-Bar-2/dp/1984910663
https://www.amazon.com/His-Guardian-Second-Chance-Romance-ebook/dp/B07617FCSZ

The third book likewise, though here I can't find one of them on Amazon itself.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49515167-alpha-home
https://www.amazon.com/His-Warrior-Second-Chance-Romance-ebook/dp/B082TMVGDD

That's as far as I went but I'm convinced. I can see the rest of the covers on Amazon match the alternate-names versions in the first Librarything series (with different titles). Also there's the Librarything user notes evidence: the first series description saying "individual titles renamed 2021" and the second series being named "retitled". None of the things I see are saying that they've been revised/expanded/whatever. So yeah I'd say merge the books and merge the series.