What determines whether a book is branded Alien or Aliens?

[mastadge]

Is it author preference? Is it Aliens if there's a queen and Alien if not? Is it whichever Titan decides fits the vibe better?

[Kimarhi]

I always thought it was a vibe check. 

[SiL]

Whatever license the publisher has/wants to use I'd imagine.

[Huggs]

Probably has to do with the number of aliens in it.

I mean, for real.

[SiL]

It does not. Aliens stories have had one and Alien stories have had multiple.

[Huggs]

Well, that's the wild world we live in.

[Nightmare Asylum]

In the case of Into Charybdis, it was even a story with lots of Aliens and Colonial Marines and it got an "Alien" title!

[happypred]

Pretty sure it's either writer preference or whatever the publisher thinks will appeal more to the target audience

[Drukathi]

Depends on the presence of the dome.

[Kimarhi]

Caste/Cowl vs Alien/Aliens. 

[Kradan]

Probably has to do with the number of aliens in it.

I mean, for real.

Agreed

[BlueMarsalis79]

It does not. Aliens stories have had one and Alien stories have had multiple.

[Kradan]

Well, that's the wild world we live in.