Abridgements and excerpts - link to original Work or create unique Work?

BookBrainz
#1

I have encountered this Work: https://bookbrainz.org/work/c6f3b5a5-646e-46ed-8565-c9551c8a67d4

According to Goodreads this is “Jurassic Park: Intermediate Level” described as a version of the original book consisting of 1600 words. In other words an abridged version: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7686.Jurassic_Park

This situation also applies to excerpts. Should the Work be for the original version, or do excerpts, abridged versions have a unique Work?

#2

It’s not only abridged: “some original and some simplified”
I think for the simplified versions we need an own work. For abridged versions it will be easier to link to the original version. Otherwise you have to add a new work for any excerpt until you can prove it’s exactly the same as another one.

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#3

Thanks. I have never encountered these type of books before and I am not familiar with the content. They do seem like a radical departure from the original work. As you suggest it is probably a good idea to create a unique Work for them.

On Bookogs abridgements and excerpts were linked to the original Work, which I thought was a good idea. If someone is searching for a particular work then everything is listed in the one location.