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Hardcover
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Edition-specific book descriptions
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Rado
Jun 29, 2026

I may have missed this if it already exists, but I think it would be useful if different editions of the same book could have their own descriptions.

Some editions have meaningful differences: revised text, added forewords, new translations, bonus content, annotations, abridgements, collector’s material, or other edition-specific context. Allowing each edition to have its own description would make book pages feel more complete and would help capture what makes a particular edition unique.

A good fallback behavior could be:

If an edition does not have its own description, use the description from the main book entry.

This would avoid empty edition pages while still allowing more detailed and accurate information where needed.

Overall, I think this would improve discoverability and make Hardcover’s book data richer without forcing every edition to duplicate the same description.

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