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What happened to the other 'twenty six' Davids?
Other David Hoffman (two spaces): http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...You only have one book- but the series appears to belong to you both? Not sure if this could've been helped before the account was claimed.
I have written one book, The Seven Markets. All other books belong to other Davids (I suspect most of them don't take a real, active interest in tidying up their GoodReads profiles.I don't know how many other Davids there are -- I used twenty-six because that would make me number twenty-seven and I like that number. :D
Well, you claimed the one with one space, so it took more spaces... The combined books of the David Hoffman with two spaces definitely aren't actually one David Hoffman- but oh well.
There is also this onehttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
he has ^^^^ but he seems to have been the earliest David Hoffman on GR and has many of the same type of books as the ^^ version.
I shall fix it ASAP if that's OK?
That'd be great -- thanks!FWIW, when TSM went live, I was listed along with *all* the other David Hoffmans. I believe I put in a help ticket (or something) and the issue seemed to be resolved. I don't know how many ^s were used then, nor am I clear on how I would apply said ^s, but if I could have (or knew how to) apply those, I would have tossed in a pile to save y'all the trouble.
Thanks again and happy holidays!
Not sure why certain books where put with David Hoffman (3 spaces, logically):http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...
I don't know that being the earliest David Hoffman on GR means that that one should be the one-space version but the obvious advantage of an active Goodreads Author NOT being the one-space author is that he (you) won't end up with every new David Hoffman's edition on your shelf as they are added. Seems like a plus to me.
Yah. I'd love to not have to bother y'all about this in the future.Makes me wish I'd picked a nice, obscure pen name . . .
Is there a way to swap the 4 spaces David & you around I wonder... Then just 1, 2 & 3 will have to be sorted now & again...
By the way, you guys kick butt with the amazingly fast response time. I've no experience with the librarians group on this site, but my expectation -- especially given the timing -- was that this would be a matter of days, not minutes, to get this sorted.
Amy wrote: "Is there a way to swap the 4 spaces David & you around I wonder... Then just 1, 2 & 3 will have to be sorted now & again..."Only staff memebers, like Rivka, can fiddle with Goodreads Authors.
She will find this thread after the weekend and fix the issue if she approves of it. We should probably leave it to her.
Part of the reason its so confusing- I will sort this myself quickly to save the time (:http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Edit: This- lastly- I don't know if I can sort, obviously the foreword was by David Hoffmann, but can you leave the author's profile empty?
http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...
Amy wrote: "Edit: This- lastly- I don't know if I can sort, obviously the foreword was by David Hoffmann, but can you leave the author's profile empty?http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/..."
I moved the Flower Power Remedies book to the one-space David^Hoffmann (2 n's) Herbalism author.
Hiya -- About five months later, two more not-me books are showing up as being written by me, Human Rights in the UK, and Who Knew?: Things You Didn't Know about Things You Know Well (I cannot imagine both books are by the same David Hoffman).Is there some way for me to "fix" this without bugging y'all every time it happens?
Fixed. I have no idea how that can be fixed. Just let us know when there is a problem if it is not too much of a problem.
You are David^Hoffman
the human rights book is by David^^Hoffman
and the Who Knew book is by David^^^^Hoffman
I thought I was David^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hoffman (or something).I really need to consider taking a pen name.
David wrote: "I thought I was David^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hoffman (or something).I really need to consider taking a pen name."
Well you can change it and then I don't think any books will appear on your page :)
I wonder if we will ever get to a stage where new authors come to Goodreads to find a name that isn't in use before they start publishing?
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And you can fix them yourself, IF you know the right number of spaces to add for the author it belongs to.
Here's my profile:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/...
The only book on there (right now) that is by me is The Seven Markets. It's worth noting that this is an improvement over my profile from a week or two ago, when I was tied to probably twenty six other David Hoffmans.
Thanks for any help y'all can provide. If I'm understanding how things work, feel fee to put, say, a hundred up-carats in there between the David and the Hoffman (and hopefully someone else won't pick that number in the future.
(I used The Seven Markets as the "this topic is about" because it wasn't catching me -- the little box kept suggesting Wuthering Heights for some reason)