Ok second question (The first was answered in prompt of the week 
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I tied to make a collection, it would not let me select stories on A03. (Some were not mine, but the error stated they already existed on A03)
I tried to make a work, figuring I can add stories individually to the work. I do not know if it would let me add someone else's stuff.
I also tried to make something and add every one as co-authors. That did not work very well also. I'd like to make a singe group title to allow other people's work and that allows me to connect different stories to one idea.
Thanks
I think, for what you're trying to do, the easiest option would be to have an open collection (like you have already created) and then get the authors in question to add their works themselves using the "edit work/add to collection" function. But here are some options to add other people's work to collections:
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To invite someone else's work to a collection:
- Go to the work you want to invite, and scroll to the bottom. Above the comment box, next to "Bookmark" and "Comments", there is a button that says 'Add to collections'. If you select it, a box will come up for you to type the name of your collection in.
- This should send an invitation to the collection, and then the author can either accept or reject it.
Note: Some people always reject collection invitations. This is because having works added to collections gives up a degree of control; collection owners have the ability to hide works or make them anonymous. Obviously in this case you don't need to worry about that, but it's something to keep in mind.
I'm not sure about the error you received saying you couldn't add stories on Ao3 - do you remember anything more about what the error said and which screen you were looking at? I can try to replicate it and see what went wrong.
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To make a "bookmark collection":
- First, create a regular collection (you already did this).
- Go to the work that you want to add to the bookmark collection. Click the "bookmark" button to create a bookmark.
- At the bottom of the bookmark creation options, there is a section that says "Add to collections". You type in the collection name here. Then save the bookmark as normal.
- This will show up in the "bookmarked items" section of your collection.
A lot of people like this option because it allows collection maintainers to add whatever works they want without requiring action/approval on the author's part, and it doesn't give the collection maintainer any control over the work (so, the work can't be hidden).
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Co-author function: To my knowledge, you can't add an existing work to another existing work; you can only add authors to one work and then add new material to it as new chapters. It looks like you've already figured this function out.
I think that covers everything, please let me know if there's anything that is unclear or if I misunderstood the question!
