The unit of storage is "work," not just "edition"

[R1BLH]

We need the unit of storage "work," not just "edition".
This would allow us to handle collections of works, including those written by different authors.
Evaluate and write a revision for a particular work, not just the entire collection.
It will also make it possible to find which editions the work has been in.

[mouse-reeve]

Currently, works do exist as a concept in the database (and there is work-specific data stored, like the canonical title and some identifiers), but they aren't shown directly to the user. There is a page that shows all the editions of a work, which I think addresses your last point (https://www.bookwyrm.social/book/54155/editions, for example).

Can you tell me a little more about what you mean by collections of works? I'm not sure I understand that.

[R1BLH]

Sorry for my English. :)

For an example, check out this anthology: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Worlds-These-Joseph-Adams/dp/1597804339

It contains stories by many authors.
Lev Grossman. Foreword (статья)
John Joseph Adams. Introduction (статья)
Stephen Baxter. Moon Six (рассказ)
Paul J. McAuley. A Brief Guide to Other Histories (рассказ)
Seanan McGuire. Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage (рассказ)
Michael Swanwick. An Empty House With Many Doors (рассказ)
Gregory Albert Benford. Twenty-Two Centimeters (рассказ)
William Alexander. Ana's Tag (рассказ)
Pat Cadigan. Nothing Personal (повесть)
Joyce Carol Oates. The Rose Wall (рассказ)
John R. Fultz. The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria (рассказ)
Vandana Singh. Ruminations in an Alien Tongue (рассказ)
Paul Melko. Ten Sigmas (рассказ)
Kelly Link. Magic for Beginners (повесть)
Ian McDonald. [A Ghost Samba] (рассказ)
Simon McCaffery. The Cristobal Effect (рассказ)
E. Catherine Tobler. Beyond Porch and Portal (рассказ)
Alastair Reynolds. Signal to Noise (рассказ)
Ursula K. Le Guin. The Porridge on Islac (рассказ)
Stephen King. Mrs. Todd's Shortcut (рассказ)
David Barr Kirtley. The Ontological Factor (рассказ)
Mercurio D. Rivera. Dear Annabehls (рассказ)
Jeff VanderMeer. The Goat Variations (рассказ)
George R. R. Martin. The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr (рассказ)
Carrie Vaughn. Of Swords and Horses (рассказ)
Tim Pratt. Impossible Dreams (рассказ)
Robert Reed. Like Minds (рассказ)
Catherynne M. Valente. The City of Blind Delight (рассказ)
Yoon Ha Lee. Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain (рассказ)
Orson Scott Card. Angles (рассказ)
Christie Yant. The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories (рассказ)
Robert Silverberg. Trips (рассказ)

Appropriately:
edition -- the book itself
work -- each of the stories

[R1BLH]

I got an example.
Please take a look at my instance:
https://books.cats-home.net/book/353 -- short story series
https://books.cats-home.net/book/352 -- novel
https://books.cats-home.net/book/355 -- short story series
https://books.cats-home.net/book/357 -- novel
https://books.cats-home.net/book/359 -- novella

And it's all one book, one edition (the same cover is now uploaded for all links). And this book has no ISBN.

It really would be very good to have difference (separate titles/data fields for work and edition).