# Is there a way to handle prequels and in-between novellas in the issue field

**URL:** <https://club.clz.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-prequels-and-in-between-novellas-in-the-issue-field/12325>\
**Category:** Book Collector\
**Created:** [June 13, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://club.clz.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-prequels-and-in-between-novellas-in-the-issue-field/12325 "2025-06-13T08:23:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![bibse](https://club.clz.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@bibse](https://club.clz.com/u/bibse)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://club.clz.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-prequels-and-in-between-novellas-in-the-issue-field/12325/1 "2025-06-13T08:23:27Z")

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Has anyone found a good way to handle prequels such as this  
[F. Brody : Kate Shackleton’s First Case](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Kate+Shackleton%27s+First+Case&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=KQZO474JRT77&sprefix=kate+shackleton%27s+first+case%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C176&ref=nb_sb_noss_1)  
If you wanted to read in chronological order this one should be -1 as an issue.  
another thing I’m wondering, has anyone found a way to index a novella between two issues?

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**Author:** ![CLZ\_AJ](https://club.clz.com/user_avatar/club.clz.com/clz_aj/32/9_2.png) [@CLZ\_AJ](https://club.clz.com/u/CLZ_AJ)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://club.clz.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-prequels-and-in-between-novellas-in-the-issue-field/12325/2 "2025-06-13T08:42:41Z")

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It is on the feature request list to allow decimals in the issue field, but right now you can’t do it.

**Workaround:**  
I recommend just “changing” the issue of all books so you can put them in.

So make issue “1” into issue “10”  
Issue “2” should be issue “20”  
That way you have “extra numbers” available between them

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**Author:** ![bibse](https://club.clz.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@bibse](https://club.clz.com/u/bibse)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://club.clz.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-prequels-and-in-between-novellas-in-the-issue-field/12325/3 "2025-06-16T06:54:56Z")

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Thabks for the answer! Just now I‘m pondering wheter to wait for the update or to change the issue numbers the way you recommended!

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**Author:** ![CLZ\_AJ](https://club.clz.com/user_avatar/club.clz.com/clz_aj/32/9_2.png) [@CLZ\_AJ](https://club.clz.com/u/CLZ_AJ)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://club.clz.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-handle-prequels-and-in-between-novellas-in-the-issue-field/12325/4 "2025-06-16T13:01:04Z")

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I recommend using the recommended way 🙂

We can’t confirm right now this will make it to our apps right now (it is a good idea!).