Talk:The Red Box
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[edit] Notes on the infobox
The infobox has been modified to conform with the novels project style guidelines, which indicate that the infobox should describe "only the media types in which the novel was originally available. For example, eighteenth-century novels were never published in 'hardback and paperback' nor in audiobook so it is inappropriate to list those print subtypes." Since the Nero Wolfe books (1934–1975) were originally available in hardcover, and only later published in other formats, the infoboxes for these Rex Stout novels and novella collections are being amended to read "Print (Hardcover)" -- with "Media type" describing only the first-edition printing.
The ISBN field will be completed, but read "NA" by request of the novels project. Subsequent releases of the book are listed with their ISBNs in a section of the article headed "Release details."
The genre in the infobox is being listed as Detective fiction, a classification that includes both the novels and the novella collections. Novels and novella collections are clearly differentiated from each other in the articles' lead paragraphs, and in categories that appear at the bottom of the articles. -- WFinch 11:26, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Availability
I've removed an "opinion" sentence which suggests that this title is one of the most difficult to find. That may have been the case before the Internet (although my experience suggests that Where There's a Will was the toughest to acquire) but I just checked eBay and Alibris and found numerous copies available in every price range from used paperback to first edition, including large print and audio. If someone can justify this comment by reference to an impartial third party, by all means return the comment. Accounting4Taste 21:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)