Need to add my book with a pen name to my author page

[J.J.]

My recent book, Sundown Town Duty Station, has J. J. Zerr on the cover as author (pen name). My first book (The Ensign Locker) has John Zerr. My Goodreads page is under John Zerr. I want to add Sundown Town Duty Station to my author page as one of my books.

[[deleted user]]

Okay I'll do that for you

[[deleted user]]

Done :)

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Fixed to be in line with Goodreads policy.

[[deleted user]]

rivka wrote: "Fixed to be in line with Goodreads policy."



What? Did I do anything wrong with the edit?

[[deleted user]]

Accualy I just saw that you added J.J. Zerr for another author. Is that how I am supposed to do it?

[vicki_girl]

Yes. From the manual:

Regarding author pseudonyms or pen names - some authors write or have written under multiple names. When editing or adding information for a book written by an author with multiple names, enter the author's name as on the front cover as the primary author. The author's other names may be added in the other author fields. Original name or other pen names can added and linked via a Librarian Note: in the description field, or using the Librarian Note feature located above the Title field. In some cases, a book may be originally published under a pen name, but then later reissued under the author's original name. When this happens, the author listed for any and all editions should be the author name the book was originally published under - so the reissued edition would need its author name changed to the originally published pen name. Doing this will allow the various editions to be combined.

[[deleted user]]

vicki_girl wrote: "Yes. From the manual:

Regarding author pseudonyms or pen names - some authors write or have written under multiple names. When editing or adding information for a book written by an author with m..."

Hmm, I think I accidentally skipped this part, THANK YOU! I get it now. I am new at this :)