Please add a Drama category for books

[TiasTreasures]

There are categories for VHS Drama and DVD Drama

Could we have one for books, please?

Books/Fiction/Drama

[bykimbo]

There are categories for VHS Drama and DVD Drama

Could we have one for books, please?

Books/Fiction/Drama

I don't understand this, sorry. I know that drama is a genre in visual arts, but I can't think of it being used in books before. What sort of titles were you thinking of?

[gazza]

Bit of a vague one, does it need it's own subcat? Input pls.

[madelaine]

Does the OP mean for Play scripts?

[TiasTreasures]

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Meridian by Alice Walker
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
Butterfield 8 by John O'Hara
Hope of Heaven by John O'Hara

The only category available for these is Books/Fiction/Literature, Modern
That's a very broad field, and certainly doesn't lend itself to browsing

I believe all of these have been made into movies. They would all be listed under
Movies & DVDs/DVD/Drama or Movies & DVDs/VHS/Drama

[madelaine]

Oh, no! being made into a film doesn't change the status of a book!

[TiasTreasures]

That is not what I said! The genre doesn't change because a book is made into a film. If it is a drama when it's made into a movie, then it must also have been a drama when it was published as a book. If eBid recognizes this as a subcategory for Movies, they should also recognize it is valid for books.

There ARE many subcategories on eBid for Books/Fiction. Among them are Adventure, Classics, Crime, Family Sagas, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Humour, Romance, etc. etc. etc. But books such as "The Color Purple" or "The Wayward Bus" have to be dumped into Literature, Modern because they don't fit into any of the existing subcategories.

Please also note that Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, eBay, and many specialty book stores on the internet list "Drama" as a separate category/genre in Fiction books. I'm not pulling this out of thin air.

[eBid_Andy]

After reviewing eBay and Amazon we have added Film/TV Adaptations as a sub category - pending server reset.